| 单词 | darkly |
| 例句 | “It’s something even the gods fear,” said Hanuman darkly. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z "For now we see as through a glass darkly but then—but then —" I couldn't remember the rest. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t know my family,” Hades said darkly. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “I hope there’s still something human left in her to rescue,” Millard said darkly. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “We should have seized two when we had a chance,” said Henry darkly. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The ironsmith did not so much as look up from his work, but the knight chuckled darkly. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A long, darkly clothed arm stretched from the basement and tapped TimeStar’s shoulder. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He bulked darkly in front of Adam, shorter, wider, thicker, but still not crouched. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Dilligrout,” he said darkly to the Fat Lady, and they climbed through the portrait hole into the common room. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z They were still narrow and slippery, but no longer darkly threatening. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “We get a load of visitors from the Labyrinth,” Eurytion said darkly. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z And, she wondered darkly, how could their power possibly still work when magic itself was gone? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Her eyes were tired and sunken and darkly ringed from a long lack of rest. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z They were darkly spotted, and the skin, translucent in appearance, was prominently veined. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z His eyes glittered darkly as he took in the scene - the Athena Parthenos harnessed to its team of pegasi, Nico with his Stygian sword drawn, Coach Hedge with his baseball bat. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Or—heaven forbid!—for the darkly handsome, brooding, and extravagantly wealthy master of her own household. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Johnny Cakes had warned us darkly that he would take broken bottles out of our pay. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a short man like his mother, extraordinarily dark with a fine high-cheekbone structure to his face that gave his whole demeanor a darkly brooding nobility. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Another bruise showed darkly on the opposite cheekbone. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Dex, who brought the deserter in, slips away quietly, his darkly handsome face slightly sick. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z ‘Not alone!’ said Gimli, fingering the blade of his axe, and looking darkly up at the guard, as if he were a young tree that Gimli had a mind to fell. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Inside it you can see paintings, of women in long somber dresses, their hair covered by white caps, and of upright men, darkly clothed and unsmiling. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “Eat,” the raven said darkly, flapping its black wings. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The courtroom, an unpretentious chamber situated on the third floor of the Finney County Courthouse, has dull white walls and furnishings of darkly varnished wood. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know what to say,” the nun said darkly. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a darkly sobering thought, that there were now people in this world who actively wished him dead. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The thought of Hamlet, made desperate by his father’s ghost, passed over us as a hawk’s shadow flies darkly over an open field. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She rests uneasily in the silence, watching ants boil darkly over the crumbs of what seemed, to begin with, an impossibly meager lunch. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z In the lowering sun their giant shadows flickered darkly behind them. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z I shake my head, muttering darkly on shaded paths, holding conversation with the only friend and comfort this world affords, my shadow. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Some glanced darkly at the wood, and passed their hands over their brows, as if they thought their eyes saw otherwise than his. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He took this as a positive sign, or a darkly comic one. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “I knowed it,” she muttered darkly without a hint of what it was she knew. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z "Tyrion, my sweet brother," he said darkly, "there are times when you give me cause to wonder whose side you are on." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia kept looking at each other darkly. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z He stared at them darkly for a moment, and then slowly opened the gate and let them ride through. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He had an indistinct, glimpsed darkly impression: of something merciless that carried a printed list and a gun, that moved machine-like through the flat, bureaucratic job of killing. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z The parley room was a comfortable place with a big fire, sideboards laden with silver and porcelain, and a heavy table darkly polished by the years, at which twelve chairs were drawn up. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “If you don’t tell me, I’ll just assume it’s something much worse than it is,” he threatened darkly. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The shoes were ruined, and I thought, darkly, that they would definitely be a reminder. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z It was small and made of black polished wood that glowed darkly. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Mumbling darkly, he stood back to let them pass. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “She said Dumbledore’s got his reasons,” said Ron, shaking his head darkly. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Chronicler shifted uncomfortably in his seat while Kote eyed him darkly from the other side of the bar. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “They can and they did,” Lena said darkly. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Other windows were simply boarded over, and parts of the building's interior were darkly shadowed. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “We don’t let Dylan ride it anymore,” Ben says darkly. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z He ran through the overgrown grass with his hands out, hoping to avoid tree branches—anything hanging darkly in the night. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I can see why he would be good for Haymitch, whose thoughts run so darkly. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The most darkly ironic is the understanding that no one may be gleaned who wishes to be gleaned. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Revelations are not to be found in the far bend of the river, darkly hidden in the trees. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The bakeress forgot what she was saying as she turned to gape at the beautiful, dark woman, darkly dressed. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The Dame said darkly: “Handsome is as handsome does.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Jaxim is currently under the weight of my displeasure,” he said darkly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Now if it had been a boy,” he said darkly to the nurse, when Mother was out of hearing. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z “You have a rodent in your backpack?” said Kaori, narrowing her darkly lined eyes. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z His black hair was wild and his eyes were darkly circled. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The water was almost black, and pale twilight, darkly reflected in the waves, was already spreading across the sky. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Their masks were already gray at the mouth and their eyes darkly cupped. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The andante—the third movement—is his favorite, he explains, because he read once that it was written to evoke the image of a castle in ruins, which he found darkly funny at the time. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z One names what was previously only darkly felt. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw him frown darkly, and though he reminded me of a cloud about to burst, I decided to brave the storm and speak to him. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z This one’s painted in darkly pearlescent greens, blues, and blacks. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Wonder was in their eyes but little friendliness; and they looked darkly upon Gandalf. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z If she decided someone should be expelled, for example, and she sensed opposition, she’d just allude darkly to stuff she knew “from before.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Directly in front of them, a row of twenty or so darkly tinged windows stretched across the compound horizontally, one after the other. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z My picture of Mother and Momma embracing on the train platform has been darkly retained through the coating of the then embarrassment and the now maturity. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z For some reason this seemed to annoy Hermione as well; she didn’t say anything, but she kept looking darkly at the broom as though it too had been criticizing her cat. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Several grimy portraits had been scrubbed, much to the displeasure of their subjects, who sat huddled in their frames muttering darkly and wincing as they felt their raw pink faces. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Meggie liked the view of the surrounding hills, the swallows’ nests under the roof, the dried-up well that yawned darkly as if it went straight down to the earth’s core. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “I saw Malfoy miming something to do with a nose,” he said darkly. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “Not if there are more of those on the road,” Shep said darkly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z However, I got dressed, darkly wiping my sanguinary face at intervals, and I said, “Can I help you?” and he said “No thankee,” and I said “Good afternoon,” and he said “Same to you.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z His students viewed Mr. Tuffett’s billboard more darkly: he had assessed them twenty-five cents apiece and had taken the credit for it himself. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Not me—like Juanita I was big boned, darkly bronzed from being out in the sun every day, and homely as a gingersnap. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Every few minutes the insects' piercing whine is supplanted by the boom of distant thunder, rumbling over the taiga from a wall of thunderheads rearing darkly on the horizon. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z All the company drew away from Pippin and Sam, who found themselves left alone in a corner, and eyed darkly and doubtfully from a distance. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The side of his calf from his ankle to his knee was darkly bruised and swollen. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Its plumage was still glossy, as if all the life in it had fled there, into the fine russet breast feathers, the darkly patterned wings, and the long deep-green tail feathers that shimmered like silk. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z There was a great deal of mutinous muttering around the room, which made Professor McGonagall scowl even more darkly. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z She opened up the purse and pulled out a full bottle of nail polish so darkly red it was almost black. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Well, there was one difference between him and the inmates, I thought darkly as I tried to calm us both down. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In between, in the midst of all those steaming nights and days darkly colored, smelling of earth, I believe there lay some marrow of honest instruction. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Now she saw that he was not ordinary at all but darkly sinister. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Well,” said Hermione cautiously, “I suppose it’s possible. “But how do we prove it?” said Harry darkly. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The blood gathered darkly, like fruit, and rolled down my ankle into the cup of my black patent leather shoe. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The knight was a white steel shadow, his eyes shining darkly behind his helm. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The Riders of Rohan sat uneasily upon their horses, on either side of the stair, and looked up darkly at the great tower, fearing what might befall their lord. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z "Only someone wicked could eat witch's apples and come to no harm," he insinuated darkly. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z I could see only one possible end looming darkly in my future. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z A gust of childish laughter drifted through the dpen doors behind him, and her uncle glanced darkly over his shoulder. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “That man is a dangerous radical,” Ignatius said darkly. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Her blouse was light pink, and tears splattered darkly. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z As they passed overhead, in so dense a throng that their shadow followed them darkly over the ground below, one harsh croak was heard. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “The video footage from the Dauntless headquarters shows you running the simulation,” Niles says darkly. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z How the sh hissed as it passed her lips, how darkly the sound of the o formed in her mouth. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Like a teller of fortunes he then gazes into my eyes darkly. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Sam looked darkly at him and shuddered again, thinking that he guessed why Sméagol had tried to touch them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Dumbledore raised his wand even higher, so that its light was thrown upon the walls, where something darkly red and glutinous was spattered over the wallpaper. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “He was sure that somebody close to the Potters had been keeping You-Know-Who informed of their movements,” said Professor McGonagall darkly. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Lord Asriel stood by the fire sipping the last of the coffee and watching darkly as Thorold opened the case of the projecting lantern and uncapped the lens before checking the oil tank. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The crowd around them jostled, fighting to get closer, pressing darkly in on him — “What’s happened?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “You don’t think I can handle ’em, Lil?” he asked darkly. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She found herself staring at him darkly, as though she were trying to read his future in his face. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z He darkly closed an eye at Mr. Jaggers’s name, and shook his head. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “I will find where truth is hidden,” he said darkly, tapping the letter. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Crooks said darkly, “Guys don’t come into a colored man’s room very much. Nobody been here but Slim. Slim an’ the boss.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “Someone we all know and love,” he said darkly, nodding in the direction of the door. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “When power is discovered, man always turns to it,” Bateson wrote darkly. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He drew himself up and stared at them darkly with his black eyes. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Her eyes were darkly shadowed, traces of green veins crawled just underneath her pale skin, and Olanna wondered if she was sick. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “It goes darkly, as it always goes in war. But you have brought back light to us,” he said firmly. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, we thought Peeves seemed hacked off about something,” said Ron darkly. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Concentrating on the moody, darkly melodic ballads from her 2009 album "Middle Cyclone," Case also introduced a handful of new songs and reached back to her early canon as an alt-country artist. Neko Case powerful and giddy at the Paramount 2011-07-11T22:07:04Z "White Noise," which won the 1985 National Book Award, is a darkly humorous classic of alienation, doublespeak and suburban life. Don Delillo's deep freeze: 'Zero K' takes on death, futurists and cryonics 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z The catacomb studio is stocked with esoteric electronic instruments, some of which shaped the band’s intense, darkly psychedelic new album, “False Lankum.” What’s Driving a Fresh Wave of Irish Music? Tradition. 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z For a second, I was expecting Ben Affleck to climb out of the back and start lumbering darkly around the City of Light, but I am delighted to report that he’s a no-show. Top Ten Things About Wonder Woman 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z It has no tunes, little variation, no clear drama: a minute of hushed, running unison between the hands, darkly forming and re-forming. From Concerts to Cartoons: Chopin’s Most Famous Composition 2020-08-11T04:00:00Z This mirage of hovering planes, voids and shadows in sheets of cutout, darkly rusted ferrous iron is simultaneously a mask, a body and a musical instrument. Review: Picasso, Completely Himself in 3 Dimensions 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z A weird little chapter about Richard Nixon in Opryland, for instance, is darkly comic and unsettling, while hinting at some chilling sickness in our national spirit. Review | If you like despair — and ‘Orange Is the New Black’ — you’ll love ‘The Mars Room’ 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z That raised a few questions: the title is that of one of the more darkly introspective songs on Mr. Springsteen’s most recent album, “High Hopes,” suggesting that he might be simply unveiling a promotional clip. 'Short Film' by Springsteen and Zimny Unveiled 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z These settings are very effectively used in the darkly contrasted monochrome design and cinematography of the film, conveying the claustrophobic life of an institution that seems as glamour-free as ancient Spartan barracks. Review: Venice Festival Opens With Glimpses Into the Pitfalls of Passion 2010-09-02T12:34:00Z In a darkly titillating moment, she makes out with a German at the foot of New York’s Williamsburg Bridge. Review | For ‘Unorthodox’ fans, Deborah Feldman’s new memoir offers intriguing update 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z It resolved storylines, and ended a bitterly, darkly funny show on a note of redemption and hope. The Office Watch: That’s What She Said 2013-05-17T13:18:33Z Hilda Koronel’s performance in the title role infuses it with fierce intelligence, righteous outrage, and the darkly bitter illumination of consciousness expanding in real time. What to Stream This Weekend: Ten Farewell FilmStruck Films 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z And so “WWAY Health” was born — a fictitious self-help service that allowed Yanya, in surreal and darkly hilarious interludes spaced throughout the album, to lampoon modern wellness culture. Nilüfer Yanya’s Music Is a Family Affair 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z “Americans don’t mind the gulag,” the doctor grouses darkly, “as long as it’s privately run.” Review | Milligan’s health-care monologues give voice to patient and doctor 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z “Welcome to Night Vale,” which also began in 2012, takes the form of a darkly funny radio show, broadcast from a town where every conspiracy theory is true. Fiction Rising: Podcasts Grow Dramatic 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z But in “The River,” in which he plays a darkly romantic catcher of fish and other fauna, Mr. Jackman has squelched his urge to ingratiate. Hugh Jackman Stars in ‘The River’ on Broadway 2014-11-16T05:00:00Z The characters include: Sleepwalking Mother, heartbroken Father, bitter old Grandfather, loopy Grandmother, suspicious aunts, uncles and children "who are impossibly numerous, darkly vindictive, and ever watchful." A story in a deck of cards, 'The Family Arcana,' takes off at Kickstarter 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Is this handsome caller in love with the fair-haired Evelyn, as everyone assumes, or the darkly beautiful Stella? You’ve probably never heard of F. Anstey, but you know his work 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z “This monitor,” she said darkly, “is way, way, way too loud.” Review: ‘Elektra Cabaret,’ a Show by Ann Liv Young 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z You might recognize that sensibility from her YouTube sensation of a few years ago, a darkly demented music video called “I Steal Pets.” Give them a hand! Musicals stage a comeback. 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z And compared to recent collections showing familiar, if appealing, checked trousers or patchwork pants, this collection seemed darkly beautiful. Comme des Garçons: Knit One, Curl One 2014-03-02T20:34:12Z Crow, is a memorable character: foul, filthy, and darkly funny. Will ‘Grief Is the Thing With Feathers’ Take Flight on the Stage? 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z Russo adds, "As ever with this genre, being able to compartmentalize concerns about questionable taste is an audience prerequisite. … But there's no denying the images are darkly spectacular." 'San Andreas' leaves critics shaken, not stirred 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z The album’s darkly mysterious nature set an ominous tone for the year to come. In the turmoil of 1968, music failed to seize the moment 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z Immediately one notices that Manet often paints eyes as darkly glowing discs. Manet: the Inventor of Modernity ? review 2011-04-09T23:05:37Z I loved the halibut, always a canvas begging for paint, here darkly veiled in pumpernickel crumbs and trailing a sumptuous, pale green sorrel velouté studded with salty bursts of wild American caviar. Terra Vista at the Snoqualmie Casino offers big portions, breathtaking views, hefty prices 2010-06-24T21:53:00Z The Midlands estate his imagination haunts is set on the edge of countryside, so wooded lanes and dense foliage skirt its borders – but they become sinister and darkly humanised in his depictions. George Shaw's prophetic art of neglect 2011-04-04T10:40:17Z A heavily armed student in black, his eyes darkly made up, enters. ‘Vox Lux’ Review: An Apocalyptic Star Is Born 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z “The result is a story that is disquieting and darkly comic and vulnerable and true. I laughed throughout; I winced more.” 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z Taylor Swift thinks darkly of the princess she once was. Normani and the Work of the Pop Princess 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z This shaggy, darkly comic and deeply eccentric tale begins as the suicidal Axler takes a startling swan dive off a Broadway stage during a production of "As You Like It." 'The Humbling' is Al Pacino's act all the way 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Holding it in one hand, sadness “made her walk slowly. It made her think darkly. It was heavy.” Review | Three books to help kids — and their parents — talk about difficult subjects 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z In between beaches, darkly verdant cypresses tilt obliquely, the cool sea-foam green a glint through the trees. A Lighthouse to Call Your Own 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z The opera invites imaginative productions: I saw a darkly compelling staging at the Paris National Opera in 2008. Music Review: Philharmonic and Gerald Finley in ‘Il Prigioniero’ 2013-06-07T20:26:14Z His guitar-playing is wistful one moment, darkly foreboding the next; his vocal sounds innocent but the phrasing is full of surprises. Fionn Regan: The Bunkhouse Vol I: Anchor Black Tattoo – review 2013-01-24T21:00:01Z In his review, Times TV critic Robert Lloyd called the show "darkly sublime." 'Penny Dreadful' will return for second season 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z While examples that break through to the mainstream might be rare, Australian horror films have always carried with them a darkly distinctive edge. No sequels allowed: the 12 best alternative movies to watch this summer 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z The biggest danger, Stodola darkly intones, throwing down plenty of statistics, is humans themselves. ‘The Last Resort’ Interrogates the Beach While Enjoying It 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z And Damiano and Fabio D’Innocenzo won the best screenplay award for “Bad Tales,” a darkly tinged examination of one summer in the lives of several families in a small Italian town. ‘There Is No Evil,’ About Executions in Iran, Wins Top Prize at Berlin Film Festival 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z Wednesday’s set featured an extended stretch of tense, fascinating electronica: darkly hovering tones and chords, evolving from dissonance to dissonance. Music Review: Ghalia Benali at French Institute Alliance Française 2013-05-16T21:42:33Z He gives Jimi Hendrix’s psychedelic musings a sinister makeover on “Designer Jeans” and turns darkly humorous amid the poverty-strewn punk of “Watching You Go Crazy is Driving Me Insane.” Album review: Van Hunt, 'What Were You Hoping For?' 2011-09-26T04:33:00Z This darkly humorous, deeply demented 1964 curiosity is a genuine cult phenomenon, one with a reputation that grows by the year. This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2013-06-15T05:00:00Z But the darkly comic tone will appeal to anyone who loved “A Series of Unfortunate Events.” Young Sleuths Hot on the Trail of Their Own Identities 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z Interpretatively, he avoided the idea, favoured by some, that Das Rheingold should be played as the darkly comic prelude to subsequent tragedy. Das Rheingold - review 2013-07-23T09:08:52Z But was this darkly comic number the right fit for the new Broadway revival? For Amanda Green, a Father’s Legacy in Her Lyrics 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z The serenade's gracious exuberance founders midway into melancholy, after which the mood remains darkly ambiguous. Stenhammar: Serenade in F Major; Ithaca; Florez and Blanzeflor; Prelude and Bourr?e 2010-10-07T21:20:00Z Feverish and funny, bleak and bone-chilling, “The Lighthouse” is a unique and darkly comic gothic nightmare. ‘The Lighthouse,’ with Robert Pattinson, illuminates Cannes 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z Even the creamy house-made ricotta was emboldened by hunks of bread, darkly toasted by the flames. Choice Tables: In Portland, Ore., Dining Gets Fine Without Losing Flair 2013-07-23T17:52:17Z That deliberately muted aesthetic was meant to underscore the show’s darkly comic and unsettling themes. How Do You Dress a Russian Doll? 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z Starring Alfred Molina as the volcanic artist, the character comes off as darkly comic, cranky, arrogant, angry, self-doubting, brilliant, and monstrous—his rainbow of emotions splattering across the stage. Mark Rothko and Selling Out in the Art World 2010-03-26T20:43:00Z Biggest Upset: The inclusion of Nick Cave on the festival lineup raised some eyebrows as to how, say, Red Hot Chili Pepper fans would react to Cave’s unique brand of darkly louring poetic rock. Coachella 2013: Recapping The Music Festival 2013-04-23T19:58:52Z In almost all of Walsh’s dreamlike, darkly hilarious plays, the central character has been sent to his—or her—room. Words Make a Room: The Plays of Enda Walsh 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z Lizabeth Scott, whose deep, throaty voice and sensuous good looks helped her reign as a queen of Hollywood’s darkly anti-romantic productions in the 1940s and 1950s, died Jan. 31 at a Los Angeles hospital. Lizabeth Scott, sultry femme fatale of Hollywood’s film noir, dies at 92 2015-02-07T05:00:00Z But, they opined darkly, it will take more than that to save things. Arachnophobia 2011-02-09T12:34:58Z It was screened for the first time at the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday evening, drawing often rapturous response from critics who praised its darkly comic moments, outrageous plot twists and evocative period atmosphere. Tarantino did not tell Polanski about film set against Manson murders 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z Deakins photographed this darkly comic homage to film noir in lushly beautiful, striking black and white. 5 examples of cinematographer Deakins' best work 2012-11-08T21:23:14Z Sean Penn, the celebrated actor and activist, will release his debut novel next year, a “darkly humurous” tale titled “Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff.” Sean Penn will publish his first novel, 'Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff,' next year 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z It’s as unnerving and darkly funny as it sounds. ‘Landscape With Invisible Hand’ Review: Hit Subscribe, Alien Overlords 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z But somewhere around the brilliant "In Bruges," Farrell found his unique and darkly hilarious groove. "Fright Night:" Farrell's mesmerizing in campy remake 2011-08-18T20:45:00Z “Angelina” goes on to connect its subject’s darkly troubled teenage years with the angry domestic scenes and laissez-faire hippie parenting that surrounded her. Books of The Times: Andrew Morton?s Biography of Angelina Jolie 2010-07-25T21:53:00Z He views the world darkly; that much is clear from his films. Controversial Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev: 'Dissident? I'm more of a clown' 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z “The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic” is a darkly comic drama about how Jaakko navigates life as a disabled man in Finland, yet his disability isn’t his defining characteristic. ‘The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic’ Review: Just Like the Movies 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z She writes darkly that “the medical section of the U.S. Army report on physical damage in Hiroshima is missing in the U.S. National Archives.” Looking Again at the Chernobyl Disaster 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z Duke Frederick's court is also a darkly tyrannical place with the wrestling-bout staged under a sinisterly swinging overhead lamp. The Tempest/As You Like It 2010-06-24T00:03:00Z Ms. Stemme, singing with her distinctive darkly hued soprano and finely tuned theatrical instincts, became an active participant even in the purely instrumental numbers. Music Review: Swedish Chamber Orchestra and Nina Stemme at Alice Tully Hall 2013-04-26T22:53:14Z Set in 1950s Paris, the novel tells the story of an ill-fated love affair between the narrator, David, a young American ex-soldier, and a darkly handsome Italian barman named Giovanni. James Baldwin’s Paris 2014-01-17T21:44:03Z This virtuoso vocalist, composer and unofficial musical anthropologist debuted “Ogresse” — the darkly humorous, fantastical suite she wrote with the composer and bandleader Darcy James Argue — one year ago at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z A darkly rich bit of beef shank, braised to velvetiness, is served with nothing more than a few fried potatoes to absorb the delicious wine sauce. Choice Tables: Where Madrid Chefs Go for ‘Real’ Spanish Food 2012-10-12T18:41:55Z "Never frustrate audience expectations," Morris says now, darkly. Errol Morris: two sides to every scandal 2011-03-10T22:34:01Z They darkly reminded moviegoers of the Sept. 11 hijacked plane attacks on the United States in 2001. Theater owners say cinemas may decide to delay Sony's 'The Interview' 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z At one point the students put on mouth retractors, making them look as if they are visiting a dentist in the darkly satirical series “Black Mirror.” Review: In ‘Skinnamarink,’ Follow Instructions. Or Else. 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Winter Solstice A bourgeois family welcomes a mysterious stranger on Christmas Eve in the West Coast premiere of Roland Schimmelpfennig’s darkly comic fable about the resurgence of fascism. The week ahead in SoCal theater, Oct. 14-21: 'Winter Solstice,' 'Dear Evan Hansen' and more 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z “The Mortuary Collection,” on Shudder, is a compilation of darkly antic narratives. Little Bursts of Fright: The Horror Anthology Is Having a Heyday 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z Director Sam Raimi also is trying to find his own balance here between creating a big-budget, 3-D blockbuster and placing his signature stamp of kitschy, darkly humorous horror. `Oz the Great and Powerful' isn't exactly either 2013-03-05T23:16:13Z This is cabernet sauvignon that tastes like cabernet used to taste, darkly fruity but with discernible herbal aromas and flavors that are essential to the complete cabernet experience. 20 Wines Under $20: A Little More Money for a Lot More Wine 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z This darkly satiric novel examines how a nation exploits its own trauma. Perspective | How 9/11 altered the fiction landscape in 13 novels 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z The play's official announcement promises that Chekhov's darkly comic masterpiece will be "reignited for the 21st century by one of the most exciting new voices in British Theatre". Matthew Kelly cast in The Seagull 2012-09-17T15:33:45Z My most recent obsession was Sky Atlantic's Hunderby, a darkly deadpan, strangely filthy sitcom from Julia Davis set in bleak 1830s Cornwall that finished earlier this week. Top TV spoofs: 'Don't I know you from Lark Pies To Cranchesterford?' 2012-10-11T14:27:05Z Producers have called the production a "truthful, uplifting parable for anyone who's ever been in love, in trouble, or in high school" and said the tale is both "darkly funny, romantic and moving". Heathers musical to open in New York 2013-12-11T12:27:41Z Ms. Bourne was the most passionate in-house champion of the book, a darkly comic tale of World War II by a first-time novelist. Nina Bourne Dies at 93; Created Best Sellers 2010-04-14T04:55:00Z Unbridled and darkly seductive as the enigmatic female lead, she flung herself at Mr. Garcia with a vigorous kick, clawed at the air or slumped over with limp, wiggling arms. Dance Review: City Ballet Dances 3 Works Set to Violin Concertos 2014-02-14T22:37:35Z It’s a bold triptych, foregrounding Fiennes’s darkly troubled sensitivity in the faintly exotic “European” manner that casting directors would often look for in him after his breakout performance in Schindler’s List. Ralph Fiennes's 20 best film performances – ranked! 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z But the two Moseses were intensely devout and at times darkly pessimistic about the prospects of a Jewish life in a non-Jewish world. How to Be a Jew in the Age of Trump? 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z Lines like that are part of the atmosphere of darkly comic war novels, which need bitter irony like horror stories need creaking floorboards. Review | ‘Red Birds’ is a blistering — and funny — critique of America’s military meddling 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z Her subsequent correspondence was uniformly clear-eyed, plainspoken and darkly humorous. I'm still a member of Prozac Nation: Remembering Elizabeth Wurtzel and her life-changing book 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z Also contending were Quentin Tarantino's darkly humorous slavery Western "Django Unchained", the James Bond blockbuster "Skyfall", Ang Lee's shipwreck tale "Life of Pi" and the comedy "Silver Linings Playbook". Hostage film "Argo" wins producers' award as Oscars loom 2013-01-27T10:16:29Z It was in New York that Naharin began to make his own intense and darkly humorous work. The Secret History of the Israeli Choreographer Ohad Naharin 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z His darkly comic novel tells the story of a drug baron's son growing up in a luxury hideout surrounded by guns, hit men and dealers, longing for a pygmy hippopotamus for his private zoo. First space on Guardian first book award longlist goes to new publisher 2011-08-01T14:57:14Z The thriller "Black Coal, Thin Ice" and the darkly funny "No Man's Land" are among three Chinese films competing for the top Golden Bear award at this year's Berlin film festival. Chinese directors master Nordic noir, shoot-'em-up Western 2014-02-13T15:12:54Z Degout, as the protagonist, sings with a vigorous, taut, darkly burnished tone. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z Iris Van Herpen's second haute couture show wrapped up a frenzied day of spring-summer collections with clothes that dipped into a darkly aquatic world, apparently inspired by "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea." Dior impresses and Versace dazzles in couture 2012-01-24T00:17:19Z There is wonderfully chewy rugbrod at Great Northern Food Hall in Grand Central Terminal, spice-scented Swedish limpa at Plaj in San Francisco, and darkly rugged toast at Bachelor Farmer in Minneapolis. Rye, a Grain With Ancient Roots, Is Rising Again 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z His contribution, “Earned It,” is in a similar vein to Beyoncé’s darkly dramatic songs — all emptiness, yearning and fervent desire. Listen to The Weeknd's 50 Shades of Grey Soundtrack Song "Earned It" 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z These futuristic cocktails set the scene for two darkly comic videos, which posit that Kurt Cobain and Whitney Houston are still alive and have made themselves available for interviews on daytime television. Art in Review: Josh Kline: ‘Quality of Life’ 2013-09-05T21:59:58Z Jacobs used two-metre painted characters in full-size sets to tell the darkly humorous story of two brothers struggling with the care of their elderly mother. Oscars hopeful hits funding target 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z “Blazer” “SNL” is at its best when it isn’t afraid to tackle controversial topics, and “Blazer,” about a cop who only beats up black guys, is both depressingly spot-on and absurdly, darkly funny. The 10 best “Saturday Night Live” sketches of the season — and none of them were live 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z The collection, Marc Jacobs' strongest for the brand for several seasons, shot the darkly sensual clothes with a stiff dose of self-mocking kitsch. Gaultier's last Hermes collection ends Paris shows 2010-10-06T21:32:00Z He shot his images, without figures, from deep in the woods and marshlands, close up near houses and through the opening in the brush to the lake, then printed them very darkly. New Triennial Offers Artists the Canvas of Cleveland 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z The Internet was flooded with online memes, some of which depicted Guilfoyle as a darkly sinister figure surrounded by thunderstorms and flames. Guilfoyle’s loud RNC speech makes her the comics’ favorite 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z While studying at Central Saint Martins in London, that question became central to her work: Her darkly glamorous tailoring and gothic dresses often incorporate religious and occult iconography. Meet the Young Designers Making Catholic-Inspired Fashion 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z The song is so exacting and darkly funny that it puts paid to any notion that Newman, as a songwriter, has lost a single step. Karl Ove Knausgaard’s Essays Struggle With Big Ideas 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z The duo was back in command in the second half, starting with Richard Strauss's three darkly quirky Songs of Ophelia and continuing with five genially eccentric numbers by Charles Ives. Soile Isokoski – review 2013-01-27T13:21:08Z Unfortunately I cannot say that I’m even half-way joking about Trump’s intentional and darkly ironic staging of the Kavanaugh announcement as an unscripted competition event. Brett Kavanaugh’s SCOTUS rose ceremony: When networks help Trump win ratings, democracy loses 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z Its ominous canvas is darkly paranoid, dotted with scurrying figures and slashing gestures that evoke knocks on the door. Music Review: A Breathless Boccherini, an Unnerving Shostakovich 2010-11-23T23:40:00Z Berg’s “Lyric Suite” weaves its way around Schubert’s darkly unfinished Symphony No. 8, before a rare performance of Schubert’s late, reflective Mass in E flat. Carnegie Hall’s New Season: What We Want to Hear 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z In one frame, a slab of darkly brooding sky seems to loom down on a skeletal railing that runs across the shot, cleaving it in half. Review: The Persistence of Abbas Kiarostami’s Vision in ‘24 Frames’ 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z In the writer-director's hands, what would seem to be an agreeably quirky slacker comedy about a shiftless small-time scam artist subtly morphs into a darkly piercing study of alienation. Watchful 'Buzzard' keeps you guessing 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Mature and darkly funny, it fused detective noir and high school drama to tell a class-conscious story of power, popularity and justice. Veronica Mars Rising 2014-03-13T10:09:54Z Amid the political and journalistic drama, for example, there are darkly comical scenes about the bungled break-in at Ellsberg’s psychiatrist’s office. ‘Most Dangerous’: A fast-paced young people’s biography of Daniel Ellsberg 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z He kept the emotional temperature at a steady boil in the darkly brooding opening movement, allowing the long lines their ebb and flow within firmly controlled gear changes. Sizzling debut by violinist Renaud Capucon lifts CSO concert out of the ordinary 2011-01-14T17:38:01Z Lynch makes darkly familiar art; pieces that sound familiar though the subconscious knows that they ultimately shouldn’t, and that carries over to his music. David Lynch's Crazy Clown Time Is Just as Creepy As You Thought It Would Be 2011-11-08T10:00:41Z Her voice is clear in fast conversation, as she darkly relishes the words. Review: In ‘The Hours,’ Prima Donnas and Emotions Soar 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z But there is no place for August: Orange County, a darkly comic family drama starring Julia Roberts and Meryl Streep. Hustle picks up Producers Guild nod 2014-01-03T10:39:19Z Following the line, “If I should die before I wake,” however, Mr. Wong had added a few more — a darkly sardonic apology to his partner in case he hurt anyone while asleep. The Life of Tobias Wong, Designer 2010-06-25T22:17:00Z Fusing third-person action, survival horror and astonishingly forward-thinking online integration into something unforgettable, this is one of the bravest, most darkly compelling games ever, let alone this year. The best games of 2010 2010-12-12T00:06:00Z The competition entry "Paradise: Faith," from the Austrian director Ulrich Seidl, a darkly comic portrait of a fanatically devoted Catholic woman, has sparked some controversy in the Italian news media. ArtsBeat: Venice Film Festival: Audience Cheers P.T. Anderson Film, Jeers Terrence Malick's Entry 2012-09-03T16:23:26Z People speculate darkly that meeting with Yiming triggered his father’s hemorrhage. Stuck With a Sick Parent in Hospital Hell 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z They generate a darkly comic ambience of innocence, experience and madness. Art In Review: ?THE WAY WE LIVE NOW? 2012-04-12T19:54:54Z And “Hollywood,” the album’s darkly dramatic finale, pulses throughout its 14 minutes with a foreboding bass line as Cave sings about predators, abandonment and a child’s death. Nick Cave Searches for Solace on ‘Ghosteen’ 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z Fox's dramas are darkly violent, including a gruesome update of the Ichabod Crane tale and an Abrams fantasy about cops being paired with androids. Old rules don't mean much to broadcasters 2013-05-19T14:52:11Z Many of the works are also darkly humorous. New Southern California Exhibitions Reveal Riches of Art and Tradition 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z Her morning pastries are classics with extra textural intrigue like danishes with darkly burnished crusts, filled with lustrous hunks of rhubarb, or later in the season, plums or nectarines. | Choice Tables: A Trail of Sweets to Guide You Across Seattle Area 2010-05-12T18:39:00Z The darkly colored sequence is jagged-looking and often out of focus, and the quick cutting and rapid, agitated camera movements at times turn it into an impressionistic blur. Jonas Mekas: A Poet With a Movie Camera 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z But he was most closely associated with “M*A*S*H,” the long-running, award-winning, darkly comic series about an Army medical unit in the Korean War. Charles S. Dubin, Television Director, Is Dead at 92 2011-09-10T00:48:55Z The mood of the piece was ominous and unsettled, but also darkly alluring, with a use of glassy dissonance that registered as richly luxurious. Review: A New-Music Concert by the Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z The delicious suggestion is that Dave and Hon are linked by the sharing of a life force and, more darkly, a killer instinct. ‘That Demon Within’: A cop’s anguish feeds thriller’s flame 2014-04-17T20:25:23Z But it is also darkly funny, playing in spots like a nonfiction “Veep.” 8 Political Campaign Documentaries Worth Streaming 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z Midnight, minimalist Glasto vibes from the darkly hued trio, sounding sleepier than on record. The xx at Glastonbury 2010 2010-06-26T09:52:00Z Listen to his darkly seductive riffs here — caustic minor phrases over Larry Ridley’s single, repeated bass note — and you can easily hear the seeds being planted for Jeff Parker’s brand of beat-driven contemporary jazz. The Playlist: Prince’s Own ‘Nothing Compares 2 U,’ and 12 More New Songs 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z Critics began to fall for her darkly laced, almost surrealistic songs and her soaring, dramatically powerful voice. Musical Survivor Hustles for a Second Chance 2011-02-08T21:54:19Z There, in a nutshell, are nearly all the darkly suggestive “X-Files” elements that would feed what William Gibson — in his introduction to the catalogue — calls the flying saucer meme. ‘Flying Saucers Are Real!’: Womack’s new book looks at the heyday of UFO lore 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z Williams told the New York Times that the play "just hit me hard" with its darkly comic look at the country as seen by a tiger. Hirsute Robin Williams plays tiger in Broadway bow 2010-10-22T01:29:00Z A synth bass heaves underneath, and for a moment things feel darkly reassuring. The Playlist: Thom Yorke’s Chilling Ballad, and 13 More New Songs 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z Danny Brown’s new album is called “Atrocity Exhibition,” but unlike Joy Division’s Ian Curtis, who wrote that darkly titled track and later killed himself, Brown says he’s a happy man. Danny Brown returns to uncompromising originality 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z The situation is darkly reminiscent of what Hollywood did with AIDS. Hollywood Uses the Very Women It Exploited to Change the Subject 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z The most haunting and darkly funny of these is “The Baptism,” a story that begins and ends with shotguns. Lady Macbeth in Appalachia, and Other Tales by an American Master 2020-08-02T04:00:00Z While she skewers the celebrity-driven and consumerist Southern California culture she indulges in, Lauren also writes darkly and beautifully as well: "This is what happens when you want something so intensely," she writes. Jillian Lauren's new memoir captures the joys and sorrows of adoption 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z It is a darkly comic story of a man pursued across a desert by swordsmen, a lion, a football team, and a mysterious villain with an eye-patch. Book Talk: Absurdist Jim Henson film that wasn't 2012-01-19T10:01:06Z But as a presentation of Mozart’s darkly twisted look at love and lust, it’s very, very cautious — muted both dramatically and comedically. A ‘comedy’ about a seducer? Seattle Opera tackles new version of ‘Don Giovanni’ with skill and caution 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z This curiosity, fueled by a sense of incomplete loss around Snyder mother's death 10 years ago, begot “To Dust,” which is darkly funny and thoughtful, and opens in theaters nationwide February 8. We don't have a healthy relationship with death. Can humor and science help? 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z In which the BBC sticks to what it does best with a darkly lit costume drama set in the immediate aftermath of the Jack The Ripper murders. Girls, games and golden boys: what to watch on US TV in 2013 2013-01-04T16:14:02Z Speaking of her mother, she’s darkly hilarious, a survivor of the Holocaust who judges all of Isabel’s friends by how likely they would be to hide her in the attic. ‘Days of Awe’ review: A novel of grief and humor 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z If few of them register as completely drawn characters, it must be said that each of the ensemble members belongs organically to same, darkly written page. Review: All the World’s a Grave in the Druid ‘Richard III’ 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z “It’s such a wonderful, strange, bright, darkly sunny show,” Mr. Burgess said. Tituss Burgess Gets Schooled on David Bowie 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z But the script is new and crackling, at once incisive, poignant and darkly funny. A 21st-century “Seagull” 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z Many “Thrones” fans took to social media during the battle episode to complain about the darkly lit cinematography making it impossible to see. "Game of Thrones" cinematographer defends Battle of Winterfell against complaints it’s too dark 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z It provides a darkly humorous look at the challenges of spending an inordinate amount of time living and breathing pop culture — and idolizing the dominant personalities. Mathew Klickstein has made a career out of nostalgia. Now he’s satirizing our yearning for the past. 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z The latest from this award-winning team is a darkly funny tale of friendship, escape and making the best of things, set mostly in the belly of a wolf. Notable Children’s Books of 2017 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z It’s this modern weapon that is the subject of HBO’s “After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News,” a broad but darkly engrossing documentary that airs Thursday. Review: ‘After Truth,’ the Deluge 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z "Go and see The Two Wrongies at the Assembly," she said, darkly. Edinburgh comedy notebook: Why can't performers keep their clothes on? 2011-08-08T13:19:09Z He is articulate, confident, athletically built and darkly handsome. Eli Roth: ‘I miss films where you think the makers were insane’ 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z Her most powerful pictures turn indigeneity into a darkly magical superpower, moving past conventions of feminine beauty toward something thrillingly monstrous. Martine Gutierrez's "Indigenous Woman": A Trans Latinx Artist's High-Fashion Critique of Colonialism 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z She smoldered like Sophia Loren and displayed a likeable, game manner in both the light comedy Hitch and Werner Herzog’s darkly comic The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call—New Orleans. Girl in Progress? Eva Mendes Spins Her Wheels 2012-05-10T10:45:06Z Health's brand of dystopian noise fits perfectly with the darkly menacing game. OK, computer: could soundtracking games be the future for bands? 2012-05-25T15:31:00Z The result is a story that is disquieting and darkly comic and vulnerable and true. Life Advice From a Dead Grandmother Who’s Returned as a Bird 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z It is a darkly funny encounter that delivers. The wildest, most poignant, or unforgettable movie scenes of 2019 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z Still, Mr. Esbjornson stages the play’s open ending with darkly resonant ambiguity. | 'Measure for Measure': Hold Onto Your Morals: Life Is Tough 2011-07-01T02:30:38Z While other designers work summery watercolor hues and bold prints, Marios Schwab's catwalk show Sunday was a darkly seductive affair of shredded leather, smoldering midnight tones and tribal detailing. Westwood highlights gala London fashion shows 2012-09-16T21:10:14Z The stories collected here are variously surprising, sardonic and darkly humorous, and are always intelligent and beautifully written. For P.D. James, literary success came late in life, and continues in a new book 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z The two most darkly significant messiahs Morris writes about are also most indicative of what’s wrong with this otherwise fascinating book. How Cults Corrected America 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z But “Child of God” is consummate Franco: a darkly macho riff on love and madness, with extended sequences of men alone. James Franco: “If people have Franco fatigue, they should stop paying attention” 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z And Orville’s attempts to thwart Sundial’s scheme form a compelling narrative, with unexpected twists and darkly comic turns. A 500-Story Tower Has Collapsed. Can Humanity Be Rescued From the Rubble? 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z It is a darkly farcical work, a complex mix of fact and fiction starring a character named D.H.H. David Henry Hwang, the Man Who Can Make Bruce Lee Talk 2012-11-10T14:39:45Z In “The Paying Guests,” Waters has produced a beautifully delineated love story and a darkly suspenseful psychological tale. The ten best books of 2014 Semple’s descriptions — no surprise to her fans — are loopy, deeply and darkly funny, and brave. Maria Semple is back with another loopy, darkly comic novel 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z In my case, this was a darkly compelling adult fairytale about an ensnaring ivy ornament that, as its tightens its grip on the wearer, unlocks beauty, power and sex. Treasured 2010-06-13T21:30:00Z "Cave of Forgotten Dreams" immerses us in a space that's at once enormous and darkly cramped, full of shimmering crystal formations and scattered cave bear skulls. Capsule reviews: `Fast Five,' `Prom' 2011-04-27T13:28:09Z The pieces, which range in tone from darkly comic to deeply distressing, present some dour scenarios, nudging readers to consider how they spend their lives. Review | Ursula K. Le Guin’s final poems and other best collections to read this month 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z The novel takes the form of Ruth’s diary over that year, resulting in a poignant and even darkly comic exploration of adulthood, relationships and memory. New in Paperback: ‘Black Detroit,’ ‘Goodbye, Vitamin’ 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z It shines darkly, invitingly, and only uncorks its assault of spice once you are crunching away at the firm, crisp fried shell, by which time it is too late. Can There Be Joy in Fast-Casual? Rowdy Rooster Says Yes. 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z “Here we are,” she said, “the wealthiest nation on Earth, wondering darkly about our investment in the humanities.” Garrison Keillor is coming to town 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z Yet there are moodier prints that emphasize shadow or night, such as Henry Ziegler’s darkly epic “Destiny and the Stars.” At the Corner Store, Goertel’s photos make a splash without the flash 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z Most nightmarish of all was the demonic, darkly textured “Scarbo,” which Debargue brought to life with harsh accents, jagged lines and frenetic rhythms. French pianist Lucas Debargue makes his East Coast debut 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z Since filming the Berries and Cream commercial, Ferver, who uses they/them pronouns, has become a professor at Bard College and built a body of psychological dance-theater works that are often darkly funny. The Little Lad? Berries and Cream? Call It Performance Art. 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z The film is a darkly comic anthology of six vignettes centered around revenge. Oscars 2015: 'Ida' wins for foreign-language film 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z Thomas Adès’s “The Exterminating Angel,” based on the classic, darkly comic Luis Buñuel film, comes to the Metropolitan Opera on Thursday, Oct. Your Guide to the Met Opera’s ‘Exterminating Angel’ 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z It’s not easy to identify the protagonist of “Parasite,” an intricately layered, darkly comic class-war thriller from Korean director Bong Joon-ho, who is best known in the English-speaking world for the apocalyptic action hit “Snowpiercer.” "Parasite": A prickly, disturbing class-war thriller — and a signature film of 2019 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z It pivots cleverly and darkly from the murder of Saba's father and her search for her twin brother. Gregg Olsen's top 10 deadly reads 2012-11-15T12:39:02Z All sources are listed carefully on his Web site, along with darkly witty ruminations on the inherent uncertainty of numbers, especially where what he calls “mass unpleasantness” is involved. ?The Great Big Book of Horrible Things,? by Matthew White 2011-11-08T13:00:00Z Yes, Atomic Blonde is darkly funny in places, and the well-choreographed action is brilliantly performed by Theron, who did most of her own stunts. Violent femmes: Atomic Blonde and Hollywood’s new wave of killer women 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z His attraction to Sendak's stories fits the character of his own music - fantastical worlds that shimmer darkly under seemingly simple surfaces. A guide to Oliver Knussen's music 2012-06-04T11:03:21Z She’s also here to help, with nearly 140 pages of sharply argued, knottily intelligent, darkly funny cultural criticism and, if that doesn’t work, the blunter instrument of a nine-point diagnostic test. Review: ‘The Selfishness of Others,’ or I’m O.K. — You’re a Narcissist 2016-07-31T04:00:00Z It's a disconcerting, if darkly humorous, example of the way that identity politics can play out in the most unexpected places, including under a Facebook post about vegan sausage. After Cracker Barrel adds vegan sausage, some say chain is too "woke" 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z But I doubt that the heavy repression involved in "housewife" being the only life that an ordinary woman could respectably choose, has ever before been expressed with such darkly funny economy. Getting On is not just funny – it's radical, profound, a masterpiece 2012-11-23T19:00:01Z His Butler strikes firmly and frets darkly, set upon by assassins in the city, opponents in Washington and critics in the capitals of Europe. ‘Secessia’ is Kent Wascom’s vivid portrait of 1862 New Orleans 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z In these darkly whimsical works, genres collapse: Landscape meets still life by way of memento mori. L.A. artist Carl Cheng's darkly amusing supply kits for the apocalypse 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z A veteran of Mr. Wilson’s early works, Ms. Sutton is billed here as the silent Angel, gliding darkly on the edges of scenes. Music Review: ‘Zinnias: The Life of Clementine Hunter,’ by Robert Wilson 2013-01-27T23:01:31Z Once he left, Mr. Marshall opined darkly, “They say acid, but they mean vinegar.” Drinks and Dinner With Garry Marshall 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z The series is darkly comic, bloody, at times brutal and, depending on your tolerance for horror, terrifying. ‘Anne Rice’s Interview With the Vampire’: Old Monsters, New Blood 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Blueberry Toast The Echo Theater Company presents Mary Laws’ new, darkly comic look at a dysfunctional family; contains graphic language and violence. L.A. theater openings, Sept. 11-18: 'Teatro Moz' and more 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z He followed that up with a darkly comic novel about a boy’s search for the American novelist Frederick Exley. ‘Happiest People in the World’: Just a madcap comic satire about Islamofascism 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z Salon spoke recently with Lowe, a veteran of other darkly comic works including “Sightseers” and “Hot Fuzz” about murder, moviemaking and motherhood. “We have the power to create as well as to destroy and that’s frightening to people.”: Alice Lowe director of “Prevenge” on murder and motherhood 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z But as a solo pianist Mr. Blake likes to move slowly and darkly through his music, sounding both implacable and open to anything. Live Jazz: Three August Standouts, From Gilad Hekselman to Rebolú 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z The tone is sometimes dark, not just darkly funny, and even frightening. With ‘Upload,’ Greg Daniels Takes a Leap Into the Great Unknown 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z The fourth of Schubert’s six “Moments musicaux” glittered darkly; in the second, each triplet felt individually considered. Music Review: Christian Zacharias Bridges the Classical and Romantic 2014-02-14T21:44:15Z It’s not even the only transgressive puppet satire coming out this month: “Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich,” a darkly comic, Nazi-themed reboot of the horror franchise about demonic toys, hit screens on Aug. 17. Made of Blue Felt and Working Blue, Too: Dirty Puppets on the Big Screen 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z Verne's fantasy has darkly prophetic undertones: not least the creation of Captain Nemo as a form of motiveless, ocean-dwelling, international terrorist. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 2010-06-02T21:01:00Z He channeled most of his energies into detailed, darkly shaded drawings of visionary projects like “Houses Without Rooms” and “Seven Gates to Eden.” Raimund Abraham, Architect With Vision, Dies at 76 2010-03-06T06:27:00Z The writer in Arango’s cunningly plotted, darkly humorous novel is a fraud — and a murderer. 100 Notable Books of 2015 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z Not exactly, but both are true for Jodie Comer, who is known for her role as the sociopathic but charismatic assassin Villanelle on the darkly comic “Killing Eve,” just back for Season 3. Jodie Comer on Her Killer Beauty Regimen 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z Against a backdrop of haunting, pianissimo strings, which move at a glacial pace, Mr. Rouse imposes short bursts of fast, angular flute figures, darkly mysterious contributions from lower-lying woodwinds, and sudden bursts of fortissimo brass. 2010-02-11T23:34:00Z Three Can Keep a Secret Audience members help decide the plot of this darkly comic crime thriller. The week ahead in L.A. theater, July 23-30: 'As You Like It,' REDCAT's NOW Festival and more 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z Her voice doesn’t bloom, but it darkly insinuates, like a clarinet. Review: ‘Aida’ Gives a Taste of the Met Opera’s Bad Old Days 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z “Better Call Saul” is better than good: It’s delightful — in a brutal, darkly comic way, of course. ‘Better Call Saul,’ a ‘Breaking Bad’ Spinoff on AMC 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z The four movies will compete against South Korean director Bong Joon-ho’s darkly comic “Parasite” for best film at the Feb. 2 awards in London as well as for best director. 'Joker' leads BAFTA nominations with 11 nods 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z An unassailable young virtuoso on trumpet, Evans uses extended technique to create some of the most darkly inscrutable music around. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z It’s a little darkly comic, like the “Pine Barrens” escapade from “The Sopranos,” but it’s also sad: We see just enough of the spark in these young men to mourn it in advance. Review: FX’s ‘Snowfall’ Dramatizes an Origin Story for Crack Cocaine 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z That still-boyish smile — used to such darkly subversive effect in “Cabaret” — quickly returned when the talk turned to life passages he was most happy to revisit. Joel Grey, a Broadway Eminence, Comes of Age at 83 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z The most celebrated of the charismatic endangered species on this island is portrayed on the national flag: the darkly imperious Sisserou parrot, found nowhere else on the planet. What Dominica is: Beautiful, natural. What it’s not: Cluttered with resorts. 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z His best film, the darkly comic sci-fi action flick Edge Of Tomorrow, makes it all very literal. 'Terrifyingly relevant': why Doug Liman had to recut Fair Game 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z In announcing “The Testaments” last fall, she cited readers’ curiosity about Gilead and, more darkly, “the world we’ve been living in.” Margaret Atwood returns us to Gilead in ‘The Testaments’ 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z It’s a darkly funny, hyperbolic view of Hollywood in which art is just another form of entertainment, where the act of peddling one’s life story begets its own reality show. Kim Gordon Wanted to Be a Visual Artist. Then She Got ‘Sidetracked.’ 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, the No Parents theme unpacks itself equally darkly. This Party's Got to Stop by Rupert Thomson | Book review 2010-03-28T00:06:00Z Nick and Amy manipulate each other with savage, merciless and often darkly witty dexterity. Gillian Flynn: chronicler of the midwest's dark side 2013-03-24T00:06:17Z But why is his darkly neo-Romantic and teeming Piano Concerto almost never performed these days? Hear 7 of the Best Works From a Neglected Era of American Music 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z “It was a terrible day for me,” Ms. Mirren explained darkly, her dusky voice resonating quietly in the cozy salon of a hotel in the Clerkenwell neighborhood here. Helen Mirren Goes Back to the Palace in ‘The Audience’ 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z And this just after Bear spits at the mention of Simone’s father, muttering darkly about a third hole in the ground for Dodd. ‘Fargo’ Season 2, Episode 7: This Family Deserves the Ground 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z More darkly fantastical in its use of theatrical expressionism, Lawless's production matches the score's vividly virtuosic writing, which is wonderfully presented by the under Stuart Stratford. The Maiden in the Tower/Kashchei the Immortal – review 2012-07-10T18:00:01Z Its psychology, while darkly intriguing — the protagonist is a man who, unable to recover from the death of his wife, falls in love with her doppelgänger — verges on overly simplistic. How a Forgotten Opera Made a Big Comeback 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z Two years later, she was in playwright Tracy Letts' darkly comic Pulitzer winner "August: Osage County," which premiered in Chicago and then transferred to New York. Rondi Reed: The ultimate role player 2011-05-18T22:33:00Z Mr. Curtis enlivens the movie with music, busyness and Zoe Wanamaker’s darkly comic, toadying turn as Monroe’s acting coach, Paula Strasberg, and, always, the promise of the real Monroe. | 'My Week With Marilyn': ?My Week With Marilyn,? With Michelle Williams - Review 2011-11-22T17:12:23Z But Mr. DeVito quickly said yes to each role for the same reason, he recalled: They are the kind of darkly comic characters that “allow me to follow my bliss.” Danny DeVito Follows His Comedy Bliss to London 2012-07-23T14:54:11Z It’s a darkly fascinating and ultimately unsettling tale. Serial: What to Watch, Hear and Read If You're Obsessed with the Podcast 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z For a time Mr. Khanna was one of India’s most recognizable stars, a darkly handsome screen idol who appeared in more than 100 films, many of them runaway successes. Vinod Khanna, Bollywood Movie Idol, Dies at 70 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z “Its color ranges from a darkly resonant chest register to a brilliantly focused top with a middle register that she makes velvet soft or reedy according to her expressive intent.” Maureen Forrester, Canadian Contralto, Dies at 79 2010-06-18T03:55:00Z Each shot to prominence in mid-1960s New York and then vanished, quickly and darkly, for decades. Henry Grimes and Giuseppi Logan, Lost and Found Jazz Stars, Are Both Gone 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z Music journalists and fans delighted in Caldwell’s unique sound, which combined the gangsta rap he was raised on in Los Angeles with an ironic and darkly comic sensibility. Family says lax security allowed killing of rapper Drakeo 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z A Georgia Rabelais, Mr. Crews was renowned for his darkly comic, bitingly satirical, freakishly populated and almost preternaturally violent novels. ArtsBeat: Harry Crews, A Darkly Comic Novelist, Dies at 76 2012-03-29T20:28:13Z A cropped leather jacket was entirely embroidered with black rooster's feathers that gleamed darkly, like an oil slick. Couture ends with revolution, as masses enter show 2011-07-06T22:46:06Z This is a show darkly and geekily fascinated with science: magnets that destroy police evidence, electrodes as suicide devices. Breaking Bad Watch: Special Sauce 2012-07-23T12:00:38Z The Misunderstood's darkly psychedelic Find a Hidden Door features thrilling interruptions to a killer guitar riff and unexpected layers of vocal harmony. Readers recommend: songs about doors – results 2012-07-05T12:08:58Z Both pieces are by the designer Rick Owens, revered for his darkly elegant creations in quasi-clerical forms. For a Composer’s Style, Statement Pieces to Play and Wear 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z A capable, appealing cast added to the production’s darkly antic effect. ‘Hansel and Gretel,’ a Family Holiday Treat at the Met 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z That is just some of them - and the summary does not do justice to Campbell's darkly comic script. Addicts' hostel inspires debut play 2013-09-19T11:33:10Z By the end of his teens, he was using the name Flume — taken from a Bon Iver song — to release darkly textured electronic songs with a soulful edge. Flume Rises in the E.D.M. World 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z He maintained an absolutely steady tempo in the darkly dancing tarantella finale, even as the music went through wild turns, an approach that conveyed its haunting relentlessness. Review: Nikolai Lugansky Plays Schubert and Tchaikovsky 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z In its release, Canongate said Slahi's book is "not merely a vivid record of a miscarriage of justice, but a deeply personal memoir – terrifying, darkly humorous, and surprisingly gracious..." A 'terrifying' Guantanamo prison memoir coming in 2015 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z In this cut-throat world, darkly comedic relief is provided by “Get a Job,” in which Crazy Horse injects the silky elegance of doo-wop with a shot of recession blues. Album review: Neil Young and Crazy Horse, 'Americana' 2012-06-04T02:27:00Z “Mere” images they may be, but they’re haunted by experience and, as carriers of meaning, darkly efficient. Review | These ‘missing’ Jacob Lawrence paintings are finally in a museum — and they’re masterpieces 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z Rush plays a lowly civil servant driven mad in the darkly comic play, adapted from an 1853 short story by novelist Nikolai Gogol. Geoffrey Rush to go mad on stage again in 'Diary' 2011-01-10T21:50:30Z We're sitting in cars facing darkly glittering water and a distant horizon. Ignition – review 2013-03-24T00:05:45Z That doesn’t mean it’s not sharp and darkly funny and, at times, gloriously creepy. ‘False Positive’ and the Horror-Filled Truth About Fertility Treatments 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z Bong Joon Ho’s darkly funny thriller “Parasite” made history at the Screen Actors Guild awards Sunday in Los Angeles, taking the top prize for best cast in a motion picture. SAG Award Winners 2020: ‘Parasite’ Pulls Off Huge Victory 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z Jenny Lawson’s first book,“Let’s Pretend This Never Happened” — a darkly humorous memoir about her hardscrabble upbringing in rural Texas — drew comparisons to David Sedaris and Chelsea Handler and was an instant bestseller. Jenny Lawson on ‘Furiously Happy’ and when it is okay to call her ‘crazy’ 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z Lunar Park speaks just as darkly and movingly about fatherhood. Summer readings: Lunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis 2011-08-25T08:38:22Z But on opening night on Saturday, it proved itself more visceral than “Sweeney Todd,” and just as darkly up-to-date in its message. ‘Sweeney Todd’ and ‘The Crucible’: Not New, but Darkly Up-to-Date 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z “I hope the chef is in the kitchen,” said Gabriella, darkly. The French Side of Basque Country 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z A radio commission gave life to this darkly ruminative work, shot through with flashes of rhythmic exuberance, in 1981, when the composer was 25. In Focus Festival, Juilliard Salutes Public Broadcasters 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z A moon shone from the backdrop of human figurines - the doll is a recurrent motif in the Dutch designers' repertoire - adding to the clothes' darkly feminine and sleepy mood. Paris fashion channels past, escapes present woes 2012-03-04T02:31:04Z She wrote a second book, a brisk, darkly comic contemporary novel, “Every Day Is Mother’s Day,” which became a critical success when it was published in 1985. For Hilary Mantel, There’s No Time Like the Past 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z "These tests'll be a breeze," I thought, giddily — hours later, fingertips raw and somehow simultaneously burning and icy, I looked back on this moment and laughed darkly. The absolute best way to boil eggs, according to so many tests 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z She was more persuasive in two darkly colored Scriabin études and three Rachmaninoff pieces phrased with sweeping confidence. Music Review: Lola Astanova in Horowitz Tribute at Carnegie Hall - Review 2012-01-21T00:44:23Z Directed by Aengus James and streaming on Crackle, “After the Murder of Albert Lima” is a darkly comedic true-crime documentary where the most exciting elements wane under it’s main subject’s overzealousness for drama. ‘After the Murder of Albert Lima’ Review: Justice His Own Way 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z “It does feel strange being in New York now, with all of that going on and then having Trump Tower just looming here over us,” she says darkly. Sofia Coppola: ‘I never felt I had to fit into the majority view’ 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z Sounds like he’s a bit like the father in “Hit the Road,” who is darkly funny but has trouble expressing affection. For Panah Panahi, Being the Son of an Iranian Auteur Wasn’t Entirely Helpful 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z She uses not so much paints and brushes, but a sewing machine and crochet hook, weaving and twisting bits of fabric and yarn into magical forests, mythical creatures, fanciful garments, darkly disturbing images. Artist Mandy Greer molds the fiber of life 2011-11-30T23:49:57Z Filmed, narrated and written mostly by Wilson, a lifelong New Yorker, the show might best be described as a darkly funny goof on the explainer videos that have saturated YouTube. John Wilson Reveals the Absurd Poetry of New York 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z But one person who still seemed miffed was Mr. Williams’s 87-year-old mother, Betty, who was muttering darkly about the moment of onstage glory stolen from her son. A Night Out With | Roger Ross Williams: First Indie, Now Oscar 2010-03-12T22:30:00Z It's a darkly farcical story of two young women who are involved in a car crash after a wild party in Tehran. Boost for Iranian cinema at film festivals 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z It is filled with darkly monochromatic works referring to gun violence devastating African-American communities. Nick Cave Uses His Capital to Help Aspiring Creators 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Her insightful, darkly funny memoir may confirm many of your worst fears about big tech and the people driving it. 10 Books to Watch For in January 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z Watery cityscapes from Venice are well represented, as are surrealist works in which landscape becomes darkly dreamlike and hellish. A Microsoft billionaire gives the public a rare view of his art 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z A poet and writer who also draws abandoned landscapes and then laces them with darkly funny texts. Datebook: Hammer Biennial, Santa Ana sound art and lots of color field 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z And while the songs on his darkly literate forthcoming debut album, Love In Arms, aren't exactly bursting with laughs, Bruce the physical performer is a thing to behold. New music: Gabriel Bruce – Greedy Little Heart 2013-04-19T18:04:44Z “What are the odds?” is a question that reverberates darkly throughout this play, as one calamity after another befalls its hapless, good-willed, ill-starred characters. | 'Sons of the Prophet': ?Sons of the Prophet? at Laura Pels Theater - Review 2011-10-21T02:14:08Z The shows are darkly comic; though “Hip” has more polish, “Darkling” digs deeper under the skin. Theater Listings for Jan. 10-16 2014-01-16T18:35:23Z In this week's action-packed show, Jason meets Hollywood legend Robin Williams and director/writer Bobcat Goldthwait to discuss their darkly comic new film, World's Greatest Dad. Film Weekly meets Robin Williams and talks Film Power 100 2010-09-23T08:42:00Z Mr. Burdette was also the star of “Emperor,” in which he played the combined role of Death and the Loudspeaker with an idiosyncratic, darkly comic incisiveness that underpinned a magnificent vocal performance. Music Review: Oppressor?s Tale, Written in Oppression 2011-02-02T23:08:54Z How do you think about its historical associations, especially the few minutes at the end, when Sachs warns darkly of the need to defend “holy German art” from external threats? After 24 Years, a Conductor Returns to the Met Opera 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z Her preferred tone is “darkly comic — comedy as a weapon, if you like.” Moira Buffini on ‘Dying for It’ at Atlantic Theater 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z The nurse is a woman of colour: the speaker notices her legs "shining darkly through the white hospital stockings". Poem of the week: Night Subway by Katha Pollitt 2012-07-23T11:03:39Z The result is both pure, unadulterated Ellroy and a darkly compelling deconstruction of the recent American past. ‘Perfidia,’ the new James Ellroy novel, starts the day before the attack on Pearl Harbor Who thought a show about a mobile-surgical unit during the Korean War, based on a darkly satirical film, would last longer than the war it portrayed? Midseason TV shows may 'Smash' convention 2012-01-12T19:24:50Z The British series “Babylon,” a complicated and darkly satirical comedy about law enforcement and its discontents that runs on the Sundance Channel starting Thursday, is eerily timely for American viewers. ‘Babylon,’ a Dark British Comedy About Policing 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z This novel about a 19th-century whaling expedition is as gory as Sondheim’s “Sweeney Todd,” as darkly melodramatic as a classic Jacobean drama. The Top Books of 2016 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z When Boeckel reappears, he calls himself the Creator and speaks long and darkly of magic mirrors and metaphysics: “The world is nothing but the mirror of our own subjectivity.” Book review: Metaphysical novella ‘The Creator’ by Mynona blurs the boundary between dream and reality 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z The director has a taste for glossy spectacle and an eye for delirious mise-en-scène, matched with a darkly subversive bent and a taste for ambiguity. Paul Verhoeven Has Made a Film About a Lesbian Nun. Jesus Is Next. 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z He incised the main outlines into his darkly painted grounds. Prince of darkness 2010-04-09T23:06:00Z The show is very funny, sometimes darkly funny and sometimes, well, just funny. The Wire re-up: season five, episode seven ? The Wire v The Sopranos 2010-03-29T23:15:00Z "It was so fresh and so funny – darkly funny – and so unexpectedly moving," she said. AM Homes wins women's prize for fiction 2013-06-05T18:31:01Z “Until recently Polish film has been very serious and pathetic, only populated by flawless heroes,” Mr. Lankosz said recently, sitting in a darkly lit Warsaw cafe calculated to look like a film set. Polish Film's Amoral New Wave 2010-06-14T12:30:00Z Tied to the first movement by a darkly mournful line of brass, the Andante aches with a poignancy that is always gratifying, even in the most pedestrian of hands. Review: In Itzhak Perlman's hands, Mendelssohn steals the show 2011-01-31T22:00:07Z Ourselves as through a glass darkly, magical and mysterious beings. Suddenly in the Depths of the Forest by Amos Oz | Book review 2010-04-02T23:05:00Z Guests alluded darkly to “the news” and “this week.” “Man Made,” a Film About Transgender Bodybuilders, Upends the Traditional Documentary Gaze 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z In 1979, Sondheim and Prince collaborated on what many believe to be Sondheim’s masterpiece, the bloody yet often darkly funny “Sweeney Todd.” Perfectionist. Genius. Icon. That was Stephen Sondheim 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z "Project Nim" is a darkly hilarious social portrait of the bizarre alternate universe of 1970s academia and an extraordinary biography of a non-human individual, on whom all sorts of human desires and ideologies were projected. Pick of the week: The chimp they tried to turn human 2011-07-08T01:01:00Z Robin Hood appears as a character in the TV series "When Things Were Rotten," and in Terry Gilliam's darkly humorous time travel fantasy "Time Bandits." Scarecrow suggests | Like 'Robin Hood?' Try earlier versions on DVD 2010-05-14T00:46:00Z The darkly comic crime story, adapted by screenwriter Noah Hawley, featured different characters and plotlines to the film but retained its flavour. Fargo withheld from US awards race 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z "This has been a cracking series, with the show back to its darkly compelling best and Capaldi - clever, complex and unpredictably otherworldly - making the role truly his own." Doctor Who: How was Peter Capaldi's debut series? 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z On Sunday she displayed the ease with which she can fill even the vast Met with an encompassing mood: darkly nostalgic and death-haunted, as you’d expect from her melancholy repertory. A Day of Divas 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z It's the place where you can hear a line like "My stars shine darkly over me," delivered by an actor by moonlight. Bugs, rain and magic _ Shakespeare in the Park 2012-06-15T16:28:08Z Hannah transmuted Faulkner's gothic prose into darkly comic, free-flowing, postmodern romps, often parodying the author's own scenes, as if all this southern drama was not meant to be taken that seriously. Barry Hannah obituary 2010-05-20T17:43:00Z In 2014, Mr. Akinmusire released a more chilling and expansive follow-up, “Roll Call for Those Absent,” consisting of the names of casualties sounded out by a child, over a darkly unsettled synthesizer hum. A Cri de Coeur From Jazz Musicians in a Black Lives Matter Age 2016-08-07T04:00:00Z In the 90s, a stream of films, TV programmes and girl bands featured attractive siblings, from Sweet Valley High to Charmed and, more darkly, The Virgin Suicides. From the Hadids to the Kardashians: the awkward truth about ‘sexy sisters’ 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z A recent post on the opera blog Parterre Box alluded darkly to opera lovers who “just don’t get that Lise Davidsen.” Review: A Young Soprano Meets the Hype at the Met Opera 2019-12-01T05:00:00Z More darkly, suicide has clouded both disciplines, though there doesn’t seem to be a Sylvia Plath of architects, lifted lamentably to greater renown by early self-destruction. The Buildings That Drove Their Creators to Despair 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z Sally Gardner's Maggot Moon has already won the Costa children's book award with its darkly uplifting tale of a brave 15-year-old's stand against the oppressive world of Zone Seven. Longlist released for 2013 Guardian children's fiction prize 2013-06-03T08:57:35Z The methodology of "The Hunger Games" may be more complicated but its darkly satirical message is unmistakable. Review: `Hunger Games' should satisfy fans 2012-03-20T01:17:12Z Good evening", he begins, opening his set with some darkly appropriate lyrics: "This is the kind of thing that drives men into the desert. Gravenhurst – review 2012-09-25T17:05:14Z So yes, “Fargo” ’s second season is deeper and more daring, as well as a kick in the heart, visually glorious and darkly funny. 2015’s Best TV: I Hate Top Ten Lists, but O.K., Fine, Here’s a List 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z In a darkly comic scene that is the rhetorical heart of the book, Maureen goes into a church to confess her crime and winds up getting into an argument with the priest over Catholic hypocrisy. ‘The Glorious Heresies’: A nasty world of faith and vice in 21st-century Ireland 2016-08-06T04:00:00Z The typical red wines, like the commendable assortment of aglianicos and Taurasis we tasted, provide earthy, darkly brooding complements to this happy, familiar fare. Aglianico in Its Own Right 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z A federal judge in New York ruled on Tuesday that the Off Broadway play “3C,” a darkly comic reimagining of the TV hit “Three’s Company,” did not infringe the copyright of that decades-old sitcom. Play Reimagining ‘Three’s Company’ Wins Case 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Maya Jane Coles, one of modern house music's few acts with an interest in full-length albums, wove her darkly gorgeous singles into a forceful live set in the Neon Garden. Electric Daisy Carnival closes out with dreamy exhaustion 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z My beard and hair were grey, my skin, though darkly tanned, was ashen both from dryness and from the adherence of the terrain to my outsides. Burning Man on its last legs 2012-10-14T14:00:00Z It has transformed one of the tanks into a vast, unnerving sort of gallery space and turned it over to the darkly imaginative Argentine installation artist Adrián Villar Rojas for a sweeping exhibition. Sydney Museum Sends Visitors Into an Oil Tank (and an Artist’s Imagination) 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z Shortly after buying a Connecticut farmhouse, the Times columnist grapples with a confounding tick-borne illness in this darkly thoughtful memoir of attempting to make peace with discomfort, uncertainty and unsatisfying answers. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z The darkly funny mystery traces the story of the restless Brooklyn misfit, and Shawkat’s knack for playing stunted growth is one the show’s best draws. Alia Shawkat on Going From 'Sassy Teen' to the Lead in Search Party 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z It’s even shorter than Thomas Pynchon’s “Gravity’s Rainbow,” the granddaddy of all brainy, darkly comical postmodern novels. ‘Book of Numbers,’ by Joshua Cohen: TMI? 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z Her nails the other day were darkly lacquered, her face a little puffy and preternaturally lineless. Marianne Faithfull, as Years Go By 2011-12-23T21:47:23Z “How darkly funny it is that you end up almost in a similar way and place that you were in real life?” With ‘Upload,’ Greg Daniels Takes a Leap Into the Great Unknown 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z The scene is darkly funny, but for these students it also brings up a truth: Merce Cunningham is gone, and what does that mean? Dance Review: Motion and Emotion Discover New Pairings 2011-04-01T23:41:49Z This is understandable, Mr. Ackermann’s fashion being darkly romantic, with trailing fabrics and sleeves pushed up to the elbows. | Fashion Review: A Good Time to Be a Realist 2011-03-07T07:51:48Z This genre treat seamlessly blends stunning visual effects with its found footage aesthetic to deliver truly fantastic images of giant trolls wreaking havoc, all with darkly funny adherence to the original folklore. ArtsBeat: Hello, Ozzy: Tribeca Lineup Adds Ozzy Osbourne and Carol Channing Documentaries 2011-03-14T16:00:16Z This comedy series about the stock market crash of 1987 is darkly resonant after Wall Street’s fall this week, its worst since then. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Westworld’ and the Democratic Debate 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z Starting from a state of haunted near-silence, he evokes a bit of the music of Shakespeare’s era with plaintive open intervals in the winds and darkly winding counterpoint in the low strings, utterly without kitsch. Listening Booth: Operas by Rufus Wainwright and Hans Abrahamsen 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z In one darkly humorous moment, Emma takes an online quiz to determine if she's a psychopath and privately celebrates the results. "The Bad Seed Returns" never really blossoms 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z But once he's got his protagonists identified and in place, "Watergate" becomes a pleasurably perverse and darkly comedic thriller. 'Watergate': Thomas Mallon's novel of Nixon's downfall 2012-02-22T22:01:06Z On “Contemplation,” another of his own songs, Mr. Vega creates a drift of darkly irresolute chords on a Fender Rhodes alongside the guitarist Anthony Wilson. Playlist: New Music by Rumer, Donald Vega, Keith Jarrett and Corb Lund 2012-08-10T13:59:29Z Carpenter manically orchestrates Plissken’s mission as a darkly funny free-for-all, loaded with slam-bang set pieces and memorable supporting turns by a rogues’ gallery of character actors. The Best Movies on Amazon Prime Video Right Now 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Where you might expect a movie to also make her sassier, this one makes her, if anything, angrier, more furtive, more darkly funny. 'The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo' Review: Swedish Suspense 2010-03-19T23:35:00Z It is bizarre, and there's something that is darkly humorous about that. Disney-esque and demented: Ti West on how his slasher flick "Pearl" compares to "Rocky Horror" 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z I could tell you more about this film, which is very good, and darkly comic, but I would prefer not to. The 10 best Labor Day movies for folks who can't watch "9-to-5" one more time 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z The dining room at the top is darkly sensuous, with walls stained in shades of jade and coral. An Indian Chef Comes Home Again at Paowalla in SoHo 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z Used book dealers, in my experience, tend to be darkly witty. Love the Smell of Old Books? This Bookseller Would Like You to Leave. 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z The darkly comic film I, Tonya will provide some backstory to the Olympian accused of organizing a violent attack on her rival. Thomas Edison to Tonya Harding: Oscar hopes pinned on biopics at the Toronto film festival 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z A place, a time, swim darkly into view – the world is revealed in its majesty. The joy of cubism 2010-04-26T10:18:00Z The 48-year-old singer-songwriter's 12th studio album, "Night of Hunters," is a darkly romantic, sweeping song cycle based on themes by Chopin, Schubert, Satie and Debussy. Tori Amos communes with classical, other pasts 2011-12-08T21:43:05Z Last summer, Lifetime surprised with this relentless, darkly comic behind-the-scenes power game. ‘UnREAL’ Season 2 Premiere: We Don’t Solve Problems 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z If Brooks’s family — or Rivera’s or Endres’s or Chapin’s — gets answers, who will care about wiggly truth value or an outlook that sees the world through a camera lens, darkly? ‘Unsolved Mysteries’ Returns, Because 2020 Isn’t Scary Enough 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z The most atmospheric of these arrays feature Baltimore scenes by E. Brady Robinson, whose upward-gazing camera often lands on clouds, and uncanny nocturnes by Elena Volkova, who views light and shadow through a lens darkly. Review | In the galleries: Exploring the tension between physical and digital art 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z FRI-SAT Student staging of darkly comic series of monologues about a scandal at the North Pole involving Santa's reindeer, for adult audiences. Community calendar 2011-11-16T23:08:03Z Mr. Dargel’s earliest New York songs, like “Accutane” and “Little Blue Pill,” sound like quirky, kinetic indie pop, with rubbery keyboards, chittering drum machines and darkly playful lyrics about physical infirmities. A Voice Where Romance and Dysfunction Meet 2011-04-29T18:00:32Z They were dreamlike images of city life, faces in a crowd blurred by motion or darkly smudged, like scenes glimpsed in a trance. William Klein, Who Photographed the Energy of City Life, Dies at 96 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z As it turns out, these snippets of text are bread crumbs that help lead you — gradually, elliptically — down the movie’s darkly lit path. ‘Expedition Content’ Review: Anthropological Maneuvers in the Dark 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z Outlawing that cursive, she joked darkly, “may be the only good thing that Hitler ever did.” A Grandson Investigates the ‘Reasonable’ Nazi in the Family 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z Wounded by the debacle, Smith spent more than a year away from the big screen, finally returning last weekend with the darkly comedic con-artist caper film, "Focus." Will Smith, a box-office enigma in the era of ensemble blockbusters 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z “The same hardly applies to the remainder of the country,” What News on the Rialto? added darkly, “particularly the West, where the renascent influenza germ is again beginning to play havoc.” ‘Gotham Refuses to Get Scared’: In 1918, Theaters Stayed Open 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z It features a creative writing teacher, aptly plays with novel form, and treats more darkly than Sharpe. How Tom Sharpe earned his seat at high table of campus fiction 2013-06-06T18:05:57Z It’s an irresistible mixture of profound thoughts, melancholy confessions and darkly, startlingly funny one-liners. 'Annie' with a bad attitude: 'Hedwig' rocks the Pantages 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z In fact, this one’s most darkly hilarious scene involves a demise in a club so murky that it’s hard to tell the living from the dead. ‘The Witch Elm,’ ‘Dopesick’ and More: Janet Maslin’s Favorite Books of 2018 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z Maybe that’s why for me the most enticing part of the map was a part that glowed darkly — the crumbling, half-colonized region of SoHo. New York City’s Gift of Motion: A 1970s Tale 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z He’s also been endorsed by Drake, who undoubtedly hears the similarities between the Weeknd’s darkly introspective music and his own. Concert review: The Weeknd at Lincoln Hall 2012-05-04T06:09:00Z “I sat there ablaze, struggling to apprehend a new, darkly radiant sense of self. I felt dangerous, evil even.” Saeed Jones’s Striking Memoir About Race, Sex, and Self-Invention 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z “In America my name sounds like a bad hand in Scrabble,” she once put it herself, darkly joking at the downward turn her acting career had taken after she emigrated from Poland. Theater Review: John Guare’s ‘3 Kinds of Exile,’ at Atlantic Theater Company 2013-06-12T02:00:12Z And on a darkly shadowed stage, it's that confusion of forms and identity that Oguike evokes. Henri Oguike Dance Company ? review 2011-03-09T18:44:00Z Although Gladys’s tongue can draw blood — “There’s a kink in you, Mr. Berry,” she says darkly — she is just as often trying to rekindle the intimacy that has slowly ebbed from their lives. | 'Haunted': A Longtime Marriage, Threatened Inside and Out 2010-12-09T04:30:00Z Nors, the darkly comic and wily Danish writer, is at her most unassuming and ambitious in this novel, which was a finalist for the International Man Booker Prize in 2017. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z The result is a fantastical journey, with strikingly colourful, frequently surprising and occasionally shocking events encountered on the way, yet always maintaining at least a thread of connective continuity throughout its darkly entertaining course. Prom 42: Philharmonia/Mälkki – review 2012-08-14T11:30:25Z He started muttering darkly about how winners like him didn’t listen to words like “no” or “stop”. So long, Dennis Reynolds – you might just be TV's greatest monster 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z Hough was formidable in it, darkly intense and intelligent, and confronting its extreme technical demands with exceptional power and dexterity. RLPO/Rivas ? review 2012-05-18T16:42:08Z During another song, the poet recalls a sweet serenade, as orchestral rippling evokes a strummed guitar, until the final darkly poignant vocal phrases, suffused with weeping regret. Riccardo Muti, Indulging a Passion for Overlooked Italian Composers 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z Soon the tension dissolved into a darkly giddy anthem called “Put Me in the Ground.” Stephen King and John Mellencamp?s ?Ghost Brothers? Musical 2012-04-01T04:17:15Z Then she points to the audience and back at her and quips, darkly: “This is an abusive relationship.” Introducing a Major New Voice in Comedy (Who Also Attacks Comedy) 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z How about the charge in Britain that lists and reviews can be manipulated by wily competitors or, as The Independent darkly put it, by unspecified others who are out to “cause mischief”? 2010-02-09T05:16:00Z And cool — in the way that experience and wisdom are cool: A darkly humorous, knowing wryness as freighted with grief as with irony. Review | Collection of Jewish jokes shouldn’t shy from the sorrow behind the humor 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z Even though “Kapoor & Sons” goes from lightly comic to more darkly dramatic to pretty overtly melodramatic, it never loses its lived-in quality or plunges into the absurd. Review: ‘Kapoor & Sons’ Centers on an Indian Family’s Flaws 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z While darkly entertaining — Mr. Gutierrez, looking a little like George Clooney, has a charisma that only seems to increase with age — this piece, for the choreographer, looks backward, not forward. Review: In ‘Age & Beauty,’ Miguel Gutierrez Ponders the Personal and the Professional 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z A girl and her Justin Bieber crush doesn’t exactly sound like the sort of material that darkly funny comics are made of. Without spandex or cleavage, artist Gina Wynbrandt creates a hapless, funny, very real comics heroine 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z It’s very easy to imagine Miles Davis putting his own stamp on this darkly tinged tour de force, as he did on a later version of Crosby’s “Guinnevere” in 1970. Crosby, Stills, Nash and … Jazz? 2013-05-06T20:59:54Z Her sound is the darkly creamy lager that poured forth from altos of yore. 'Norma' and 'La Clemenza di Tito' make for a Roman feast 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z Braithwaite is nominated for her darkly comic sibling story “My Sister, the Serial Killer,” and Burns for “Milkman,” set during Northern Ireland’s Troubles. Nigerian debut novelist among finalists for Women’s Prize 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z She mutters darkly about having to do all these interviews and despising everything she says in them. Lykke Li: 'The slightest remark can get me crazy' 2011-03-06T00:09:32Z His fur is darkly hued, his duffel coat could definitely conceal a rusty shank, and his hat is the kind of thing worn by psychopathic fishermen in teen slasher films. Fifty Shades of Grey: first film image appears, and it's not very sexy 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z But because his playing is so clean and accurate, and the rhythmic drive so relentless, the music sounds darkly humorous, with a touch of manic danger about it. Playing Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas Changed How I Hear Them 2020-07-03T04:00:00Z But the book stresses that Chesnutt was an extremely complex person: He was imperfect, but he was also a musical genius and darkly funny, a frustrating person but still someone worth cherishing and knowing. “No one can live with this much pain and anger, it’s gonna kill me”: Throwing Muses’ Kristin Hersh on Vic Chesnutt’s suicide, PTSD and why songwriters are “pretty broken” 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z With Spanish auteur Pedro Almodovar - a director known for offbeat humor - as a producer, the darkly comic film has a serious undercurrent that speaks of corruption, the class system and the little guy being squeezed. Revenge comedy a hit in Cannes, fashion biopic cold-shouldered 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z It's easy to extrapolate those sentiments into a darkly conspiratorial web of political lies and deceit, but both of the statements could just as readily be applied to a band appearing on stage. Manchester International Festival 2013 2013-05-24T14:08:00Z The use of microphones for some lines is a mistake – leaning towards sensationalism, but the scenes played without them, in Lucy Gough's plucky adaptation, are darkly gripping. Wuthering Heights ? review 2011-03-22T19:00:00Z Certainly it’s darkly ironic when Robeson sings it. Perspective | Her ‘God Bless America’ is a classic. Her two racist songs, a scandal. Should Kate Smith be banned from the ballpark? 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z Here we have a classically built drama of a high-class soap, created by Jesse Armstrong and populated by recognizably complex humans in darkly farcical circumstances. The Best Television of 2019 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z A few chords, a clear melody and succinct verse-chorus-bridge structures are filled with darkly allusive lyrics and floated amid gauzy, sweeping guitar effects. New Music: Dum Dum Girls, Peggy Sue and Helen Sung Release Albums 2014-01-27T22:37:10Z Writer-Director Ti West's "Pearl" is a brave, fun, and disturbing horror film that is simultaneously an homage to the Golden Age of Hollywood and a darkly comedic, irreverent, a powerful psychodrama. Disney-esque and demented: Ti West on how his slasher flick "Pearl" compares to "Rocky Horror" 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z Black peppercorns and green chiles rip through the rice, through the darkly browned chunks of goat neck on the bone and, finally, through your central nervous system. At Dhamaka, Chintan Pandya Shows He’s Not Fooling Around 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z Ms. Wang’s darkly romantic wedding gowns would be equally at home at an important awards show. Black Wedding Gowns From the Runway to the Aisle 2011-10-24T17:17:38Z The quest for a rebel pasha’s severed head serves as a darkly satirical symbol in this sly Albanian novel originally published in 1978, an allegorical fable about 20th-century authoritarianism. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Richard Johnson, a darkly handsome British stage actor who was a founding member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and turned down a chance to play James Bond, died June 6 in London. Richard Johnson, British actor of stage and screen, dies at 87 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z Nobody was hurt — he escaped with his wife and four daughters — but the photograph included in “Unseen” telegraphs a delirious horror that nods, darkly, to his subsequent assassination. What Could Have Been Iconic 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z “I just sit indoors. I go a couple of days without eating,” he says, darkly. The private renters trapped in Britain’s new slums 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z Shyamalan deftly mixes elements of comedy, horror and found footage into a darkly entertaining package, and in the process, he reminded audiences of his considerable gifts. Stream These 10 Titles Before They Leave Netflix in August 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z If December is a month of sweetly spiced, buttery breads, January seems to be the time for rye, with its bright, sharp flavour and darkly wholesome good looks. How to make the perfect rye bread 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z "It is ambitious, darkly humorous and in soaring, scorching prose exposes the exploitative nature of the colonial project and the psychology of independence," she said. Rotimi Babatunde wins Caine prize for African writing 2012-07-03T13:51:30Z Illustrated by Ricardo Cortés, the book is a lullaby that has been darkly and hilariously undercut with threat. The Parent Who Wants to Fall Asleep 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z The rest of the name is darkly humorous, as it means “mother and child” – referring to the two core ingredients: chicken and egg. Our 10 best all-day eggs recipes | The egg bible 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z Characters break the fourth wall and stock footage is mixed with more traditional scenes to tell the story of the housing collapse, a drama both tragic and darkly funny. Below the Line: Editing ‘The Big Short’ 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z Maria Lassnig, an Austrian painter whose fierce devotion to self-portraiture — in lacerating, darkly funny, often grotesque ways — led her through decades of obscurity to a celebrated late-flowering career, died on Tuesday in Vienna. Maria Lassnig, Painter of Self From the Inside Out, Dies at 94 2014-05-09T05:29:35Z But the novel ends far more darkly, as if anticipating the trouble to come for Rushdie. Rushdie relives magic of 'Midnight's Children' 2013-04-21T13:24:11Z Octavia Spencer gives a delightfully unhinged performance in Tate Taylor’s darkly comic thriller about a Gen X mom with a long-simmering thirst for vengeance. For Mother’s Day, Movies All About ‘Mother’ 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z Part of the point, no doubt, is that imagination is a necessary bulwark against totalitarianism, or, more darkly, the only refuge. Theater Review: ‘Working on a Special Day’ at 59E59 Theaters 2013-01-24T22:39:56Z This was no light caprice, but a darkly capricious work falling into two sections. Walker/Watkins 2010-06-09T21:15:00Z Get ready for a bloody yet darkly humorous ride. The best movies to stream in May, from "Star Wars" to "The Lovebirds" 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z The first thing you may notice about Paul Schrader’s deeply serious and darkly beautiful “First Reformed” is the shape of the screen—closer to square, as in the movie medium’s earlier days, than expansively wide. ‘First Reformed’ Review: Light on the Dark Night of a Soul 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z The glossing over of that rough sexual moment between the two struck me rather darkly, especially since Bill holds so much power in their relationship, no matter how independent Virginia can be. 'Masters of Sex' Recap: Of Might and Men 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z Robert O’Hara’s world-without-women satire “Mankind” is the latest play to see the future through a lighting gel darkly. 10 More Plays Where the Future Forecast Is Grim 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z Guards at the Taj West Coast premiere of Rajiv Joseph's darkly comic fable about two men tasked with keeping watch over India's newly constructed Taj Mahal. L.A. theater openings, Oct. 11-18: 'Uncle Vanya' and more 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Rembrandt pictures himself in soft focus and three-quarter profile, his eyes darkly shadowed under a thatch of wild and woolly hair. Art Review: ?Rembrandt and Degas? at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 2012-02-23T15:55:08Z If they could ever get beyond "the vanity of it and the ego of it", Dave suggested darkly, and resolve "things of a business nature", then it was theoretically possible. Rewind radio: Jagger's Jukebox; Keith Richards at Home; Johnnie Walker With the Kinks 2011-01-02T00:05:26Z Let Me In closes the album in darkly shimmering style, the epic climax to 43 minutes of discoid posturing and deathless yearning. New band of the day ? No 1,086: Class Actress 2011-08-17T16:54:00Z Last year, he and Ed Harris headlined the world premiere of Beth Henley's darkly funny "The Jacksonian," and he hopes to bring it to Broadway next year. Bill Pullman comes to rescue 'The Other Place' 2013-02-15T13:05:10Z The film, shot mostly in and around Newport, Rhode Island, looks at a troubled but, it seem, darkly charismatic philosophy professor named Abe Lucas. Woody Allen’s at it again: He gets older, his ingénues stay the same age 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z There’s an incredible stylistic range displayed within the constraints of the album’s contemplative and darkly seductive tone. Beyoncé Reviewed: One of Pop Music’s Most Important Moments 2013-12-16T16:28:45Z When asked why the musical was making its debut in Nashville, Mr. Lewis was darkly candid. Jerry Lewis Directing a Musical ‘Nutty Professor’ 2012-07-18T12:00:00Z Roving the compact stage of the Greenwich House Theater, where his darkly hilarious solo show “Leo Reich: Literally Who Cares?!” opened on Sunday, Reich is frenetic and restless, a self-consciously exaggerated cliché. Review: In ‘Leo Reich: Literally Who Cares?!,’ He’s Too Hot to Live 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z The flittermouse is perhaps at his best when being darkly comic at his own expense. Tretower to Clyro: Essays by Karl Miller ? review 2011-07-08T10:43:01Z In one lengthy response sent in 1832, James Kent, a New York jurist, recalled an evening he spent at the Grange in April 1804 during which Hamilton darkly surveyed the political scene. The Many Faces of Alexander Hamilton, Just in Time for the Fourth 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z The camera follows over her shoulder as she presses paths into the snow, grins darkly, or mimes suicide by gun. Anne Imhof, Dancing in the Ruins 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z “Parasite,” a darkly comic thriller set amid clashing economic classes in modern-day South Korea, made Oscar history on Sunday as the first foreign-language film to win best picture. Perspective | ‘Parasite’ upset means progress. But is it a revolution? 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z “The Lobster,” which debuted here at the Cannes Film Festival to critical acclaim, takes Mr. Lanthimos’s darkly comic dystopian vision to a deeper level and a much wider audience than ever before. At Cannes, a Greek Filmmaker Explains Move to English-Language Film 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z I was taken, too, with Austrian artist Renate Bertlmann's darkly surrealist series of photographs, Pregnant Bride in a Wheelchair, which relates to a performance piece of the same name from 1978. PhotoEspaña 2013: the 1970s feminist avant garde 2013-06-14T15:50:00Z When it does, it’s to linger on skulls and other artifacts — the spooky detritus of a darkly creative life. Review: ‘Dark Star’ Peers Into H. R. Giger’s Creative World 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z My cherry obsession aside, this darkly funny encyclopedia-memoir-essay collection is not a witch’s guide to killing your man. Pick Your Poison: The Sweet, Sometimes Lethal Sides of Your Produce 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z But Tell’s darkly comic performance and Cunningham’s adventurous direction make it work. Five Horror Movies to Stream Now 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z But there’s also a darkly comic story, about an athlete sent to a rehabilitation camp that, in the words of the lead designer Ben Throop, is “definitely not a prison.” Virtual Reality: From Guitar Gods to Birds of Prey 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z As Karl Marx darkly remarked, “Capital has no country,” and in the conditions of globalization his meaning has come clear. Farmers? sand-frac nightmare 2012-05-21T16:31:00Z Their performance of the Sonata No. 4 in A minor is darkly playful, their “Kreutzer” Sonata brilliant and stormy. Classical Playlist: Christiane Karg, Alan Feinberg and More 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z Judge Bernadine Evaristo described the story as “ambitious, darkly humorous and in soaring, scorching prose exposes the exploitative nature of the colonial project and the psychology of Independence.” Nigerian wins Caine Prize 2012-07-05T13:56:00Z When the show wants to scare us, it deploys the shock tactics of those films and their ilk: grainy video, jumpy editing and action filmed so darkly and chaotically as to be incomprehensible. | 'The River': ?The River? on ABC - Review 2012-02-06T23:36:25Z It's a bleak and darkly comic play, which shocked its original audiences and still has the power to surprise and move us today. This week's new theatre 2013-03-30T06:00:21Z But the line resonates darkly on any number of ironic levels. Life of a ?Salesman? 2012-03-01T19:52:26Z But while "Sin City" is dark, it's also darkly funny, and certainly never boring. `Anna Karenina' inspires 5 super-stylized films 2012-11-15T22:38:12Z I meet sex blogger Vanessa Pelz-Sharpe in a darkly atmospheric Covent Garden restaurant, wanting to explore – in conversation, at least – some of the outer reaches of contemporary sexual experience. How the British changed their minds about sex 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z "The Babadook" is a smart, darkly drawn modern-day horror movie of monsters, memories and mothers. 'The Babadook,' smart and dark, delivers grown-up horrors 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z And interspersed throughout are a handful of his originals, including the country-tinged “Little Foot,” the darkly reflective “Backup” and the magnificently somber “Trieste.” Music: Jazz Records Inspired by Paul Motian 2011-12-04T04:03:06Z Marian is considered shocking because she dares to make a joke every now and then, or darkly comments astutely on a situation. The best character on "The Gilded Age" is the bustle, adding an extra party to the back 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z It was strange, darkly comic, and also inspiring, but after he passed away in June of 2002, when I began showing the video footage we shot together, people had a hard time watching it. “Johnny Physical Lives”: A brother’s documentary love letter to a rock myth cut short 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z There was once, when the French existentialists saw the world darkly back in 1950s Paris. Special Report: Fashion: The Discreet Return of the Bourgoisie 2011-03-06T18:55:47Z Take all that haplessness, strap it with power and responsibility, and you have the makings of a darkly comic season. "What We Do in the Shadows" revels in the fecklessness of vampires who fail upward 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z Mr. White, the author of “The Other Place” and “The Snow Geese,” both seen on Broadway, writes crisp, sometimes darkly funny, naturalistic dialogue. Theater Review: Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman Star in ‘Annapurna’ 2014-04-22T02:00:03Z It was darkly funny: they almost looked like a normal line of people waiting at the checkout. 'I was gutted that I'd been such a coward': photographers who didn't step in to help 2012-07-28T00:48:00Z And the darkly funny—in context, after a murder—“Take the cannoli.” “The Godfather” at the Philharmonic 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z While Halloween might seem to be the holiday best suited to the macabre spirit of Tim Burton, that darkly inclined director is about to put his own spooky stamp on Thanksgiving. ArtsBeat Blog: Tim Burton Sews Up a Spot in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2011-10-21T11:03:11Z I’m afraid I found it harder to engage, and while Brodsky’s imagery is often darkly brilliant, a sense of torpor set in eventually. Review: In ‘Brodsky/Baryshnikov,’ One Friend Recalls Another 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z It’s also a darkly funny, philosophical story about its human lead learning to reconcile his animal and civilized natures. TV Tonight: The Neighbors Is Bad, But Not for the Reason You Might Think 2012-09-26T13:09:57Z It drifts toward you darkly, like a storm cloud, as if arriving from far away. Music Review: Shining Light on Some Russian Rarities 2011-02-22T22:06:26Z Crystals of green — buttons and beads and flotsam merging like grains of sand into a clump — dangled like dewdrops; stars sparkled darkly in silver and black. Artist Mandy Greer molds the fiber of life 2011-11-30T23:49:57Z But, like Horgan’s previous show “Catastrophe,” “Bad Sisters” is also darkly funny. How Sharon Horgan Shaped a Monstrous Brother-in-Law 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z Simply the fact that it could be so gleefully if darkly funny confirmed something for me.” Max Headroom, Original Talking Head, on DVD 2010-08-07T02:20:00Z “Upload” has elements of the darkly speculative series “Black Mirror” and the comparatively hopeful “Years and Years,” but its preoccupations are as timeless as they are the finest genre fiction. Review: ‘Upload’ Asks Old Questions With New Technology 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z He is darkly hilarious in that dry, British manner — but so are any number of contemporary English novelists. 5 best movies based on John le Carr? books 2011-12-15T20:59:21Z But to the cynical, it felt like the workings of a darkly prescient marketing strategy. ‘Feasting on fantasy’: my month of extreme immersion in Disney+ 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z As with the movie, which served as its inspiration, the TV series is flavored with darkly comic moments, offbeat characters and gut-wrenching moments of explosive violence. Colin Hanks hopes to finally break Mr. Nice Guy mold with 'Fargo' 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z His attempts to be friendly to her are darkly comic, like the gruesome mobster deaths described in on-screen text, until you realize the perversity of his persistence. The Restrained Genius of a Joe Pesci Performance 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z A taxi driver with a secret job as a mobster’s debt collector finds his life unraveling after he accidentally kills a man in this darkly comic Romanian crime drama. What’s on TV Friday 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z The world of the supernatural and the darkly spiritual loomed large on the pop culture landscape around the time of Doctor Strange’s creation. Black magic surgeon: Doctor Strange brings the occult back to the big screen 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z The owner regards me darkly across the counter, locking eyes as he sanitises his hands. I flew to Greece and began solo IVF. Then the world shut down 2020-05-16T04:00:00Z Guards at the Taj Rajiv Joseph's darkly comic fable about two men tasked with keeping watch over India's newly constructed Taj Mahal. L.A. theater openings, Feb. 7-14: Bernadette Peters and more 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z The lyrics, meanwhile, are of the darkly sexual variety: "All of these songs focus on a slightly different side of adult relationships," they explain. New band of the day: Tokolosh (No 1,487) 2013-04-08T16:06:47Z The first, in F minor, is darkly melancholy, with a lyrical undercurrent that Ms. Lane projected beautifully. Music Review: Sacred Works by Pergolesi at Church of the Epiphany 2010-03-29T21:11:00Z The darkly comedic thriller is the first South Korean film to ever be nominated for an Oscar. Perspective | ‘Parasite’ upset means progress. But is it a revolution? 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z The Beaver's blend of darkly humorous drama - not to mention belief in a talking glove puppet - did not appeal to box office audiences in the States. 'I'm the Beaver' 2011-06-17T07:30:51Z Atop the guitar churn, Pop keeps it pithy, ticked off, darkly humorous in the tradition of his best Stooges street haiku. Album review: Iggy and the Stooges, 'Ready to Die' 2013-04-29T16:16:00Z Mr. Ryman is probably known best for his darkly beautiful 1992 novel, “Was,” which is both riff and meditation on “The Wizard of Oz.” Books of The Times: Caitl?n R. Kiernan, Geoff Ryman and Tim Powers Tales - Review 2011-10-23T21:37:18Z There might be notebooks darkly glimmering at the bottom of the laundry basket in your own home; your own mamma might be undergoing her own fission. The Transgressive Power of Alba de Céspedes 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z “My Year of Rest and Relaxation,” Moshfegh’s darkly comic and ultimately profound new novel, also concerns itself with a miserable woman in her mid-20s seeking “great transformation.” A Woman Sleeps a Year Away in Ottessa Moshfegh’s Darkly Comic New Novel 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z The picks span genre and form — including a darkly enchanting collection of short stories, a delightful novel featuring a dysfunctional bride-to-be and a singing memoir chronicling both grief and, yes, taming a hawk. These Are The Best Books of 2015 So Far 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z The movie opens on a brief, darkly lit scene of Inez styling another’s inmate’s hair in a cell at Rikers Island that is soon followed by shots of her, now liberated, navigating a sun-drenched Brooklyn. ‘A Thousand and One’ Review: A New York Love Story 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Kantarovsky paints disconcerting, darkly funny scenes of lovers, mourners, children and freaks, and intensifies their eccentricity through unexpected contrasts of oil paint with drippy watercolor. What to See in Art Galleries Right Now 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z He and the cinematographer Bojan Bazelli pay it tribute with their use of moody skies, striking shadows, unexpected camera angles and a darkly beautiful color palette that shimmers like jewels in a cave. ‘Peter Pan & Wendy’ Review: A New Girl in Neverland 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Bridging the gap between those two aesthetics — Hugo’s darkly thundering melodramatics and the smiley-faced warmth of a Disney cartoon — proves tricky. Review: ‘Hunchback of Notre Dame’ at Paper Mill Playhouse 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z The filling was softly gelled, sour and darkly complex from the bittersweet coating, and the crust crumbly and rich. A Treat for Lemon Lovers and Beyond 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z But the humor is darkly ironic, and the moral is grave: Birds are vanishing, and fabricating new ones is not really an option. Galleries: ‘Kaleidoscope,’ ‘Aviary Wonders,’ ‘Interconnected,’ ‘Are You Gonna Eat That?’ This shadow is darkly cast on the retina of my soul and whenever I am dislodged from comfort my focus falls there. Russell Brand: My life without drugs 2013-03-09T08:01:00Z The suggestion is of a Colonial Williamsburg for the era of Handmaids: a darkly plausible phenomenon. Margaret Atwood’s Grimly Relevant Additions to the “Handmaid’s Tale” Audiobook 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z The darkly funny twist here is that Josh doesn't exactly die from his horrific injuries. Socialism coming to “South Park”? Mocking Amazon feels far from show’s libertarian roots 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z “Ten days later,” the older Susan darkly intones, her life was set on a new course. Theater Review: ‘Sontag: Reborn,’ at New York Theater Workshop 2013-06-07T02:00:01Z The second is of a car turning down a darkly lit street, which veers toward a home perched on a hill. Review: In ‘What Keeps You Alive,’ a Couple, a Cabin and a Crisis 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z An intimately staged and darkly revisionist revival of “Oklahoma!” that enjoyed a critically acclaimed and sold-out Off Broadway run will transfer to Broadway this season. Acclaimed ‘Oklahoma!’ Revival Is Coming to Broadway 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z The troublemaker was the darkly Dionysian comedian Artie Lange, who regaled his quarter of a million followers with a sexual fantasy about an African-American television personality. Censoring Twitter 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z It is a darkly atmospheric work built on lithe undulations of sound punctuated by sharp moments of crisis. Pianist Steven Lin sets bar high for Washington Performing Arts’ new season Rarely performed, it opened this week on the anniversary of their deaths at the Bavarian State Opera here in a darkly urgent and sensitively executed new production haunted by the war in Ukraine. Review: The Time for Prokofiev’s ‘War and Peace’ Is Now 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z Much later on that rain-drenched day, Frank Ocean played in front of a small crowd and delivered one emotionally complex, darkly insinuating song after another. Top concerts of 2012 2012-12-20T21:35:00Z They collaborated to create bronze figures for the Baptistery including one with a darkly Leonardesque visage. Leonardo da Vinci's Battle of Anghiari draws me into a black hole 2010-09-23T14:33:00Z Set and shot mainly in the aptly named, upstate New York berg of Liberty, the movie follows the intersection of two darkly comic story lines. 'Hits' slams into ugly slurs 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Sunday afternoon, in another tweet attacking the federal judge who blocked his travel ban, he darkly cited, “People pouring in. Bad!” ‘24: Legacy,’ Scripted From Trump’s Dire Islamophobia 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z It was woozily romantic and darkly funny, and is a forefather to his latest – and quite possibly his best – film, Phantom Thread. The 50 top films of 2017 in the US: No 4 Phantom Thread 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z A friend used to joke, darkly, that he never would have survived to adulthood a century or two ago. Frank deserves better than "Station Eleven." So do disabled stories 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z But it was darkly fascinating to watch her relentless femininity — her excuse me’s and pardon me’s and God bless you’s — and how she skillfully wielded it on behalf of a mostly male administration. Perspective | Farewell to Kellyanne Conway, the ultimate Woman for Trump 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z These are exquisite seances in line with the sonic traditions she pioneered a half-century ago, but suffused with the darkly tinted wisdom of a life entering its winter. Jane Birkin is back with a new album, but her presence is everlasting 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z Lee Durkee’s disarmingly honest and darkly comic sophomore novel, “The Last Taxi Driver,” is the most recent of these narratives of displacement. A Novelist-Turned-Cabby Hates His Life. Thanks to Uber, It’s About to Get Worse. 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z "The Body Double" is a darkly sensual story, but rather than veer into the psychosexual, it instead comes down to one woman's decision about who ultimately commands her life. March to the shelves for these new books: Recommended reading for spring break and beyond 2020-03-07T05:00:00Z How about What Would Virginia Woolf Do? one friend joked darkly, because of course what Woolf did, at 59, was kill herself. A Chat Room of Their Own 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z Its original name was “It’s Always Darkest Before It’s Totally Black,” a darkly humorous spin on the optimistic adage “It's always darkest before dawn.” John McCain will publish a memoir in April 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z Brush with olive oil or melted butter, season with coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper, and grill until darkly browned on all sides. How to Grill Just About Any Vegetable 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z It’s a sort of feminine flipside to The Graduate, a darkly comic peek into the humiliation and dark terror of being utterly adrift. Scene Stealer Melanie Lynskey on Her First Leading Role and the Problem with Praise 2012-09-07T12:00:48Z The first single off the LP, “California,” reveals that the band that brought us the 1993 sleeper hit “Fade Into You” is still reveling in their darkly psychedelic sound. Fall 2013 Music Preview 2013-09-06T09:45:57Z Laura’s music, however, is more like that of her husband — of darkly cheery post-World War II domesticity that becomes something of a prison for her to escape from. ‘The Hours’ Becomes an Opera. Don’t Expect the Book or Film. 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z In case we hadn't figured out that Mad Dogs was a darkly humorous , the first episode featured a criminal being murdered by someone wearing a Tony Blair mask. Tonight's TV highlights 2011-02-17T08:00:02Z For all the cordite and crackle of guns over the decades, though, it is a compelling place – Shangri-la seen through a glass darkly – largely unknown even within India. India's final frontier 2010-12-11T00:06:21Z And when it moves, it is darkly hilarious and grim in its honesty. "On Becoming a God in Central Florida" exposes unfettered capitalism as a rigged and failing game 2019-08-25T04:00:00Z She also wrote, “In this sad, lurid and darkly transfixing story, they locate all the elements of true-crime reporting at its most bitterly revealing.” Bruce Sinofsky, Documentary Filmmaker, Dies at 58 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z “Mad Men” and Bruce Norris’s time-traveling play “Clybourne Park” spring to mind, but Mr. Harrison’s comic drama entertains on its own darkly playful terms. Critic?s Notebook: Louisville Dreaming: Characters Exploring Boundaries 2011-04-04T21:55:20Z It's a darkly funny, irresistible film — and one with a masterful performance at its center. 'Bernie' is wickedly entertaining 2012-05-17T19:59:06Z This police procedural from Paul Abbott, the creator of “Shameless,” stands out among British cop dramas for its female lead roles and darkly comical take on the genre. What’s on TV Monday: ‘Amour’ and ‘I Am Evidence’ 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z “It was important to us that this was fun for audiences and that the darkly comedic side was rooted in truth,” she added. Rosamund Pike Is Delighted to Appall You 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z And if audiences are flocking to the darkly mythic dance flick "Black Swan," why not a national tour of "The Red Shoes"? Musicals from movies, TV, history try to find footing on slippery Broadway 2010-12-18T01:22:59Z In conversation, Slaboshpytskiy, 40, has a warm, genial air that seems at odds with the forceful power of his film but perhaps also reveals the source of its darkly compassionate heart. 'The Tribe' director aims for realism in depicting troubled deaf world 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z The darkly comic production about a social climber who bumps off the members of an aristocratic family opened at the Walter Kerr Theater in New York in the fall of 2013. 'A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder' recoups on Broadway 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z Moyet's voice is at its most complex and her lyrics are darkly poetic, in perfect defiance of commercial conventions. Review: Alison Moyet's 'The Minutes' impresses 2013-06-12T18:10:13Z Julie Graham, Paul Freeman and Daisy Beaumont are among the cast in this UK premiere which offers both chills and some darkly comic moments. This week's new theatre 2010-10-01T23:06:00Z The letters are “darkly compelling” and “uneasy, thrilling company,” our critic Parul Sehgal writes, because they get to elemental questions about why people do what they do. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Here, Mr. Knight helps keep claustrophobia at bay with copious cutaways and point-of-view shots of the darkly shimmering night. Movie Review: ‘Locke’ Centers on a Fateful Night’s Journey 2014-04-24T21:57:58Z That revelation about young men comes from Daniel Handler, better known to millions of children as Lemony Snicket, his pen name for a darkly witty collection of books called “A Series of Unfortunate Events.” Review | Sex and the teenage boy 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z “Satan takes care of his children,” Ms. Loh said darkly, alluding to her luck finding the place in the wake of the breakup. For Sandra Tsing Loh, Change is Good 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z Dervila Cooke of Dublin City University, author of a book on Modiano, said his works dealt with the traumas of France’s past but have a “darkly humorous touch.” French author Patrick Modiano wins 2014 Nobel Prize for literature 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z When the artist made the work, it was a darkly humorous jab at authority — figuratively torching the institution just as it opened the doors to its new William Pereira-designed campus on Wilshire Boulevard. Sand Fire's ghostly pall over L.A. County Museum of Art evokes seminal Ed Ruscha painting on Instagram 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z Even more darkly, there’s an unspoken assumption: that trans people are strange, untranslatable. Trans, but not like you think 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z They were identified in court filings as Jane Doe 1 or Jane Doe 2 or, as Brown darkly joked, “Jane Doe 102.” Jeffrey Epstein’s case was covered in the media. But one Miami reporter made it big news again. 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z The second movement, innocently titled Waltz, emerged in this performance as a slyly luxurious, darkly manipulative dance. Review: A Bold Pianist Rescues an Overlooked Concerto 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z The darkly comedic thriller is the first South Korean film to ever be nominated for an Oscar. ‘Parasite’ makes Oscars history as the first foreign-language film to win best picture 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z With a libretto and stage direction by Joël Pommerat, this adaptation of Carlo Collodi’s tale of a marionette’s path to truth and redemption is a darkly entertaining piece of music theater. Review: ‘Pinocchio,’ the Opera, Is a Hit For a Renovated Theater 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z Over Lully’s darkly glittering severity, Rameau breathed Technicolor. Review: France Once Fought Over This Opera. Juilliard Shows Us Why. 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z At least that’s what several regional theaters across the country are betting on as they introduce their audiences to Bruce Norris’s darkly humorous play “Clybourne Park,” a dissection of race, gentrification and real estate. Integration, Gentrification, Conversation 2011-08-06T20:00:48Z “The show itself is very dark, but darkly comic and gory and fun,” Hamm said. Jon Hamm on Vocal Cords: ‘I’m fine’ 2013-09-27T14:24:18Z "If certain circumstances of my life were different, were I a little less bent toward healing and more toward vindication, I could have been a darkly powerful person." AnnaLynne McCord says she identifies with Putin "becoming a dictator" while defending her viral poem 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z This year the British Pavilion will be filled by the darkly imaginative architectural fictions of Mike Nelson, a strong choice. The best visual arts in spring 2011 2011-04-05T18:59:01Z She is ably assisted by co-star Michael Cera, who throws off his Superbad silliness, to find a darkly unsettling but still very funny persona in Brink. Sundance 2013: Magic Magic – first look review 2013-01-25T09:35:00Z The journal, written in 1981, starts with darkly fun facts about murder such as “Use Coca-Cola to clean up blood spills,” and continues in that vein. From the author of ‘Chocolat,’ a suspenseful tale of a prep school sociopath 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z Dolores’s face as she fired off shots at the assembled crowd in the episode’s final moments was riveting—was her steely gaze the expression of a person feeling scorn and disdain blossoming darkly within her? Westworld's Finale Raises the Bar But Doesn't Quite Clear It 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z The “Götterdämmerung” is electric; the “Die Walküre,” which I heard live in 2011, is bathed in tragedy, rather than fired by ardor; the “Das Rheingold,” released this month, is careful, darkly intense. A Critic’s First Orchestra Defines Britain’s Musical Soul 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z In 1974, when Mr. Braufman was deeply embedded on New York’s radical free-jazz scene, he recorded “Valley of Search,” a record of darkly melodic improvising and portentous incantations and extempore group explosions. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Other chapters, too, take small bits from Austen’s original and amplify them into darkly comic sexual exploits. Fifty shades of Mr. Darcy: A brief history of X-rated Jane Austen adaptations 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z He was elegant as a cat, darkly handsome, unboreable, curious, fearless, fortunate, blessed with a near-eidetic memory, and surely one of the great English prose stylists of his generation. Patrick Leigh Fermor: An Adventure by Artemis Cooper – review 2012-10-12T21:55:11Z But the real test of its success will be if, one day, Doctor Who visits 19th-century Tahiti and meets a darkly serious, subtly compassionate painter. Gaugin, Van Gogh and Doctor Who 2010-09-27T13:38:00Z Even in this darkly comic rendering, motherhood is presented as a potential dilution of the legacy over which Swift has always exerted meticulous control. Taylor Swift, 30-Something, Is Revising Her Own Love Stories 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z Surprising absences included a best drama nomination for critical darling Killing Eve, the darkly comic thriller from Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge as well as recognition for Mindhunter, Smilf and The Walking Dead. Emmys 2018: Game of Thrones leads race with 22 nominations 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z This entertaining farce, packed with comic characters, displays his usual darkly funny style and appreciation for Florida’s endless idiosyncrasies. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z It’s a darkly funny look at friendship and forgiveness. The 18 books to read this fall - The Washington Post 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z His cheek-to-jowl hang of moldering collages inflicted on vintage rock posters is often darkly visionary. The Lower East Side as Petri Dish 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z "In the Kingdom of Men" is a mystery, opening with the discovery of a murdered local woman, then backtracking to explain how Gin — and more darkly, Mason — are connected to the death. 'In the Kingdom of Men': testing the boundaries of an oil worker stronghold 2012-05-30T21:40:11Z The cinematography is darkly lush in an ominous “Twin Peaks” mode. | 'Daydream Nation': Picking Up Extra Credit, and Teacher, After School 2011-05-06T05:30:05Z What he’s really after, in this darkly comic narrative about the search for the collapse’s lone survivor, is an exploration of communal life. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z It was a darkly comical sight, given the gravitas of the handmaids’ fictional existence. The absurdity and dread of witnessing ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ filming in D.C. 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z The centerpiece of Friday’s program at Avery Fisher Hall was a taut, darkly radiant performance of Bartok’s one-act opera “Duke Bluebeard’s Castle.” Music Review: A Castle?s Locked Doors Bring Out a Wife?s High C 2011-03-20T21:12:53Z All three were kinetic and also darkly absorbing, journeys rather than jukeboxes. Music Review: Electric Zoo 2011, Dance Festival on Randalls Island 2011-09-04T22:47:17Z Monkfish liver was treated like foie gras, darkly seared on the outside but as wobbly as pudding within. Restaurant Review: Barchetta in Chelsea 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z “Playing house is hell,” he would murmur darkly, as if the entire history of monogamous love were an elaborate game of make-believe. Riff: What Don Draper and Christian Grey Have in Common 2012-06-22T21:48:00Z No character of the show is more darkly delightful to watch than Dutton’s daughter, Beth, played brilliantly by British actress Kelly Reilly. “Yellowstone,” an American purgatory: No heroes in Kevin Costner’s new Western series 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z Most are darkly comic, a few are animated, virtually all are bloody, intended to shock or offend, and pretty adolescent, though not necessarily in an objectionable way. The ABCs of Death – review 2013-04-27T23:02:01Z AM Homes's May We Be Forgiven was described by the judges of the women's prize for fiction as 'so fresh and so funny – darkly funny – and so unexpectedly moving'. AM Homes wins women's prize for fiction 2013-06-05T18:31:01Z But this darkly comic setup was deemed just a little too weird and was omitted from the final edit. 20 surprising facts about "Bridesmaids" 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z “Harmontown” is that rare, darkly compelling documentary that shows the unsavory traits of a person next to the loving and witty ones, forcing viewers to reconcile any contradictions. ‘Harmontown,’ a documentary that’s not always so kind to its subject Like Mr. Holmes, he finds comfort in “Star Wars” jokes, opening his show in a Jedi cloak and intoning darkly about faraway star systems. Reggie Watts, the Tip of Comedy’s Absurdist Spear 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z This is one of seven films in the series directed by Kihachi Okamoto, a Toho veteran who was more reliable than spectacular but brought style and a darkly comic sensibility to a variety of genres. Mifune’s Transcendent Films, With and Without Kurosawa 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z Bauer’s darkly comic ninth novel is her best and, improbably, her sweetest, given its subject matter. Review | Update your playlist with these great new audiobooks 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z Pencil skirts in jewel tone satin were paired with sweaters with sequined lions and wide, low-slung sequin belts that glimmered darkly like Chinese lacquer. Gaultier's last Hermes collection ends Paris shows 2010-10-06T21:32:00Z Perfectly pitched, darkly funny and strangely universal, it's a new classic of Russian cinema. 'American Sniper' a simple, mesmerizing tale of war and its aftermath 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z The conflicted body language of the final solo for Mr. Collwes seems a darkly lyrical expression of the Norman Bates character in “Psycho.” Review: The Spirit of Hitchcock, Distilled Into Dance 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Prest balances his darkly fascinating character’s mania with an underlying sense of goodness. Review: Falling Hard for a Master Manipulator in ‘Of Human Bondage’ 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z She then offered two darkly lilting songs by the neglected French composer Léo Ferré, musical settings of Baudelaire poems. Review: Stephanie Blythe at Carnegie Hall 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z Bernard and Lenina's tour of Savage Land spectacles such the House of Want and the House of Monogamy prove to be among the most darkly humorous and familiarly Syfy moments in the series. Peacock's Syfy-quality "Brave New World" dystopia crosses Burning Man and an orgy in an Apple store 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z Such juxtapositions are characteristic and can be either frisky or darkly ironic. In the galleries: Rooted in nature but not always natural 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z The new album is filled with darkly beautiful songs that grapple with demons and dreams in equal measure. Field Report Take You "Home" on New Song: Premiere 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z The strings offered a taut, dramatic and darkly lyrical performance, yet the winds and brass were disappointingly wan. Soprano Heidi Melton shows promise in Strauss’s ‘Four Last Songs’ program 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z His memoir, “You’re Not Doing It Right,” dispenses with show business altogether and creates a darkly funny, surprisingly eccentric midlife crisis story with a voice that will be grating to some readers. Critic’s Notebook: Following Tina Fey, Comedians Churn Out Books 2012-05-24T20:42:34Z The setting for the grubby rehearsal hall, designed by Jason Simms, is a lofty space with brick walls, wood planking and a battered tin ceiling that becomes darkly intimate through Thom Weaver’s lighting. | New Jersey: A Review of ‘Venus in Fur’ at the George Street Playhouse, in New Brunswick 2013-05-11T00:21:28Z He worked in the darkly symbolic forests, echoed Caspar David Friedrich's romantic landscapes and cited Wagner via photography, painting and sculpture. A life in art: Anselm Kiefer 2011-03-21T08:00:00Z These are temperamental, often eccentric films, including Michael Mann’s safecracker drama “Thief,” Ridley Scott’s lush fantasy “Legend,” and “Miracle Mile,” a darkly absurd, romantic tale of nuclear holocaust. Tangerine Dream’s Music in BAMcinématek Series 2012-06-02T23:03:01Z The Apocalypse Burger is one of Mr. Myint’s many memorable, darkly funny creations, and a look at how a chef’s politics might shape the food on his plate in unexpected ways. San Francisco Chefs Serve Up a Message About Climate Change 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z This book’s dialogue has none of the distinctive zing of Mr. Huston’s more fanciful, darkly hilarious work, and some of “Skinner” is downright flat. Books of The Times: Charlie Huston’s ‘Skinner,’ a Thriller With a Troubled Hero 2013-07-14T21:41:57Z Perhaps the most captivating, unexpected and darkly romantic garden ever imagined lives in the pages of the elegant, stirring new novel The Cat's Table by Michael Ondaatje, author of The English Patient. Plant Talk | Magical mystery garden in Michael Ondaatje's new novel 2011-11-16T17:51:19Z “The Promise” adopts a protean tone, now menacing, now darkly mirthful. A Family, and a Nation Under Apartheid, Tears at the Seams 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z In another of the play’s darkly funny passages, the Nerd shows a flicker of compassion when he finds the Kid wrapped tightly up in one of those cardboard boxes. Theater Review: ‘QueerSpawn,’ Directed by Jesse Geiger 2013-05-14T21:26:11Z Examples include darkly comic images of Ms. Spence mimicking the extreme emotions of a stereotypical bride and a sobering one in which she displays a breast-cancer scar while wearing a racing helmet. 2 Art Gallery Shows to Explore From Home 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z A Georgia-born Rabelais, Mr. Crews was renowned for darkly comic, bitingly satirical, grotesquely populated and almost preternaturally violent novels. Harry Crews, Writer of Dark Fiction, Is Dead at 76 2012-03-30T05:32:16Z Center lines break and red lights multiply for an effect that is deliciously and darkly comic, but also abstract and rather ham-handedly beautiful. Art In Review: Robert Bordo: Three Point Turn 2013-04-18T20:35:15Z They jealously monitor the success of their rivals and darkly catalogue their own all-too-public failures. Tom Wolfe vs. John Updike, Norman Mailer and John Irving — and other timeless literary feuds 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z “Transparent” is a kick in the heart, visually glorious, and darkly funny. 2015’s Best TV: I Hate Top Ten Lists, but O.K., Fine, Here’s a List 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z Bring Up the Bodies is just as good as Wolf Hall, the product of a still-consuming passion for the transformation of historical detail into darkly vivid fiction. The big novels of 2012 2012-07-13T15:00:07Z That’s pretty much the plot, but the director Bob Clark and the writer Jean Shepherd somehow created an oddball, timeless Christmas movie that manages to be both darkly comic and sweet. Can We Talk About the Mom in ‘A Christmas Story’? 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z “Suddenly, a Knock at the Door,” at Theater for the New City, is based on a collection of stories by the Polish-Israeli writer Etgar Keret, a proponent of darkly whimsical magical realism. Review: ‘Suddenly, a Knock at the Door,’ Based on Etgar Keret’s Stories 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z About midway through the darkly engrossing novel “A Million Drops,” a young woman with too many questions on her mind arrives at the hellscape of a desolate Western Siberian town. Review | A child’s murder sets off a sprawling tale of politics, war and family 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z It’s outrageous, a little bit camp and darkly comic in tone. Anna Paquin: ‘I’ve had some horrific experiences’ 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z The lunch menu also has two dips — a darkly fascinating, spicy eggplant spread, or whipped chickpeas whose sharp, pecorino-like flavor betrays the presence of Hozon, the fermented chickpea paste invented in a Momofuku laboratory. Why Does This Fancy Shopping Mall Smell Like Street Meat? 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z The disturbing and darkly funny story with themes of loyalty and vengeance didn't appeal to him right away, either. 'Killer Joe' boasts starry cast, NC-17 rating 2012-07-27T19:39:12Z On “From Ukraine, For Ukraine,” a darkly brilliant new omnibus album by the cutting-edge Kyiv label Standard Deviation, grief and rage melt into impudently beautiful contemporary threnodies. In Paris Then, in Kyiv Now, Visions of Freedom and Bravery 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z "August: Osage County" is the darkly funny story of a family of estranged women forced to come together in their Midwestern home when a crisis occurs. Clooney producing 'August: Osage County' film 2012-06-20T18:01:16Z Brecht’s savage, sardonic view of war as a man-made machine that produces as much profit as blood glimmers darkly throughout the show. Review: A ‘Mother Courage’ Deployed to Africa 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z Billed as "darkly comic", the play was, sadly, completely unbelievable, with every character drawn in strokes so broad as to be whitewash. Homestead; Highgate Letters; Albert Speer's Walk Around The World; The Carhullan Army 2010-04-17T23:09:00Z Still Life Reading of Barbara Blumenthal-Ehrlich’s darkly comic look at collective grief in the aftermath of a series of subway bombings. L.A. theater openings, Aug. 28-Sept. 4: 'The Importance of Being Earnest' and more 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z I loved Cowley's masked and darkly glinting Raven, and Lamb's remote, mysterious glamour is perfectly deployed in the title role. Raven Girl/Symphony in C; iTMOi – review 2013-06-01T23:05:33Z In the first two seasons, Britell followed a fairly confined playbook of the eight-chord motif’s different guises: a beating piano similar to that Mozart fantasia, darkly regal strings and brasses. The ‘Succession’ Soundtrack Is Fit for a Concert Hall 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z “Everyone you love is gone. There is only ice-cream” is the darkly humorous sign off used in a recent ad for fast-growing American ice-cream brand Halo Top. Introducing Halo Top: the 'healthy' ice-cream taking over America 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z The setting: A dim, darkly wooded bar in the shadow of Lenin, with a back porch for a sunnier dinner perch. Red Star Taco Bar hits its marks in Fremont 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z For instance, “An Open Air Minyan,” darkly humorous, shows 10 religious men gathered in a field to pray — and spaced with the requisite social distancing. Lessons From the Plagues, Painted for Passover 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z He primarily writes short stories that are whimsical, surrealist and darkly funny, and that make meaning from life’s smallest, most unremarkable interactions. ‘I Feel a Human Deterioration’ 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z It’s tasteful, restrained, ceremonious — darkly roasted coffee is made at a wood and steel counter, brought to the table with a thimble-size pitcher of cream. | Tokyo Coffee 2011-12-16T18:09:03Z The precariousness of life in Israel hovers over the narrative, but Keret keeps the tone darkly comic. The perfect pick for a a booze-free book club and other top June memoirs 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z The first season of FX’s darkly hilarious crime thriller “Fargo” proved an exception to the rule that translating movies into TV is usually ill advised. What to Do This Weekend 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Those at the funeral were laughing and crying at the man’s darkly humorous prank. ‘Prankster’s’ pre-recorded funeral message from the grave gives family one last laugh 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z A darkly playful historical novel about a ragtag acting troupe that sets out to assassinate Stalin. Notable fiction in 2016 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z The scene opens darkly, with a close-up of corpses in the back of a wooden wagon. I was sure that legalizing aid in dying was the right thing to do. Then I met Bad Cripple 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z When Mr. Holt does venture guesses, they tend to be darkly humorous in a Woody Allen sort of way. Books of The Times: ‘Why Does the World Exist?’ by Jim Holt 2012-08-02T18:37:46Z After receiving a terminal cancer diagnosis, Hopler put together this heartbreaking and darkly funny collection. Pulitzer Prizes 2023: A Guide to the Winning Books and Finalists 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z The show has swung in unsettling, often darkly hilarious, bleak, and raw directions. Goodbye “Girls”: A Review of a Fittingly Imperfect Finale 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z It's a darkly funny, irresistible film," says Seattle Times movie critic Moira Macdonald, "and one with a masterful performance at its center. New DVDs | 'A Separation,' 'Bernie,' 'The Dictator' 2012-08-20T21:23:05Z But in that exhausted frenzy the young man finally started to write — and ended up with the landmark modernist poem “Easter in New York,” a citywide dirge of darkly beautiful alexandrines. Blaise Cendrars at the Morgan: A Modern Match of Poetry and Painting 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z There are worse things, the heart mutters darkly, than old-school mandates. Dance Review: ?Haze? at the BAM Harvey Theater - Review 2011-10-21T23:53:47Z There’s a futurist slant to its stride, no less on several jazz standards than on Mr. Iyer’s darkly ruminative compositions, which flesh out stark rhythmic ideas with a deep, gathering intrigue. The Best Albums of 2015 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z Lightly brush these quarters on all sides with vegetable oil and grill directly over the heat until darkly singed on all sides, turning with tongs. Coleslaw Kissed by Fire 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z Fans of Kohan's earlier work will no doubt lap up the show's brisk, darkly funny tone. Catch-up TV guide: from Glastonbury 2013 to Ray Donovan 2013-07-06T05:00:00Z “For all the talk about death in the book,” he said, “it’s darkly funny as it explores the meaning of the human experience.” Great reads for the armchair traveler 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z The three will team up beginning April 12 at the Belasco Theatre on 44th Street for the darkly comic tale of a bachelor who falls for a plus-size girl. Julia Stiles to join Broadway cast of `Fat Pig' 2011-01-04T18:18:08Z The acerbic American joins forces with singer-songwriter Judith Owen on a darkly comic autobiographical show about mental illness and "the toxins of our time". Comedy for the year ahead 2011-01-03T08:00:04Z I’d never given much thought to pickled broccoli stems before, but now I think their highest use is with darkly lush sheets of raw beef furred over with fine white horseradish gratings. White Gold Butchers Slices to the Point: Meats Cooked Simply 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z McDonagh’s latest film, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” is no exception, with a darkly comic heart and a central performance by Frances McDormand as a grieving, foul-mouthed mother. With ‘Three Billboards,’ director Martin McDonagh shows his softer side 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z Perhaps it isn't surprising given that this darkly funny action film is about a mild-mannered family man who escalates to a "whole other level of recklessness" following a series of unfortunate incidents. In the joyfully violent "Nobody," Bob Odenkirk channels his inner John Wick 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z A quarter-century after Bela Lugosi brought Dracula to the screen, the character had taken on an aura of camp, but Lee helped restore the Count to his proper place as a darkly dangerous sex symbol. Christopher Lee dies: Six of his sinister villain roles 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z He likes darkly colored walls and rugs; she prefers light ones. A New Book Brings Melania Trump Into (Slightly) Better Focus 2020-06-14T04:00:00Z Served alongside the kofta korma, perhaps because three slender cheese fritters may not be filling on their own, is a darkly blistered, exceptionally tender cheese-stuffed naan, brushed with butter and ground chiles. At Sona, a Feast From All Around India 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z The result is “Squeeze,” an album out Friday that feels both darkly menacing and openly heartfelt. Sasami Wanted to Appropriate White, Male Music. She Landed on Metal. 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z Her hair is longer, more tangled, but her clothes remain darkly colored, rumpled. Janeane Garofalo Never Sold Out. What a Relief. 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z The exquisite artistry of the word-painting – Davies sweet-toned, yet often darkly distinctive of timbre – made it unforgettable. Iestyn Davies & Fretwork/New London Chamber Choir 2010-07-13T21:15:00Z A line from the darkly manic number “Hope” — “There will be mornings you’ll be utterly defeated by your laces” — was delivered with a conspiratorial wink that elicited laughter and cheers from the opening night crowd. With a heroic performance by its injured star, 'Groundhog Day' limps through opening night 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z Eugenie Schwartz, an artist who found popularity and renown in her native New Orleans for her surreal, darkly humorous pieces, died on Dec. 30 at her home in the Bywater neighborhood there. Eugenie Schwartz, Artist From New Orleans, Dies at 64 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z In “Something Wicked This Way Comes,” she warns about the devil, repeating “Something wicked, mighty wicked” as the band builds a darkly swaggering gospel shuffle. New Albums From Lucinda Williams and Christopher Owens 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z “What I do has always started from textiles and the hand,” she says of her brand, which is known for its darkly romantic vision of femininity and deep love of craftsmanship. For Simone and Max Rocha, Family Has Always Been a Source of Inspiration 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z Because he's a stoic Midwesterner, Letts didn't lose his mind after the remarkable reception to his darkly funny story of a family forced to come together by a crisis. Playwright Tracy Letts reveals his Midwestern side 2012-10-12T11:53:10Z The tone is sometimes serious but sometimes drifts to being a darkly humorous caper, with jaunty text sliding onto the screen announcing years and locations. Review: ‘A Very English Scandal’ Is Very Good. And Scandalous. 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z The three-legged chickens at a "slight nesting disadvantage", is also darkly funny. Poetry workshop: Names 2011-07-12T10:04:43Z Her pastoral, animist outlook often shimmers with darkly personal introspection; her haunting song "Rifle" is like an epic dream. First Seattle Folk Festival debuts Sunday at Town Hall 2010-12-09T20:43:00Z Still, as Fiesco, a Genoese nobleman and Simon’s unwitting adversary over 25 years, Mr. Furlanetto brought consummate style and darkly rich colorings to his performance. Review: Verdi’s ‘Simon Boccanegra’ at the Met, and a Question of Career Timing 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z As his prospects seemed to cloud in recent days, Bannon grew darkly wistful, two people close to him, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said. Stephen K. Bannon leaves Breitbart after blowup over comments in Trump book 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z The eerie and at times darkly funny story follows a group of mostly white, wealthy guests tending to their dramatic rich people problems at a luxury resort in Hawaii. “White Lotus” star bids Aloha to a shocking finale: “Privileged, rich people get away with stuff” 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z What we got was a series as darkly funny as it was compelling, with a comic book-style pace, gore that never felt too gory and a queer subtext to boot. Streamadelica: the 30 best box sets to watch before you die 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z The collection had a darkly Spanish flare, with models shrouded beneath black mantillas or stiff silvery silk infanta jackets that blended into their beautiful gowns, making them into dark smudges along the catwalk. Fashion Review: Fashion’s Young Guns Show Paris a Dark Side 2012-09-27T23:26:09Z Perkins, brooding and darkly handsome, was doing “Friendly Persuasion” and was four years away from “Psycho.” Tab Hunter’s Secrets 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z My colleague Mona Chalabi wrote a deeply personal account of a week in her life as the Muslim ban loomed darkly overhead. The top US opinion stories of 2017: critiquing a tumultuous year 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z Written by Kurt Johnstad, “Atomic Blonde” is based on “The Coldest City,” a darkly shadowed, minimalist graphic novel written by Antony Johnston and illustrated by Sam Hart. Review: Dressed to Kill, ‘Atomic Blonde’ Also Shoots to Kill 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z There are flashes to a darkly mysterious night in an alleyway. Video Game Review: Papo & Yo 2012-09-25T12:45:11Z Her interplay with the excellent young violinist Benjamin Beilman in the third movement was a highlight, as were the cellist Judith Serkin’s darkly sinuous scale passages. Music in Review 2011-05-09T22:30:48Z In this darkly witty collaboration, a mouse is gobbled up by a wolf. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z Now “Faults,” the twisty, winningly unsettling feature debut of the director Riley Stearns, adds a sometimes darkly comic strain into the mix. Review: In ‘Faults,’ Mind Games Don’t End Beyond the Cult 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z The hottest ticket in Scotland last Christmas, Graham McLaren's darkly satisfying adaptation of Dickens's story for NTS was also a critical success when it was staged in Glasgow. This week's new theatre 2012-12-01T00:06:18Z It’s a sentiment that occasionally applies to this collection, which sparkles darkly but more intermittently than Ms. Williams’s previous work. Review: Books by Amie Barrodale, Joy Williams, Hubert Mingarelli and Rikki Ducornet 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z She seems to have no agency, no will; her nerves are peeled; all news is taken darkly to heart; the walls are closing in. Tove Ditlevsen’s Fiction Is Bleak and Claustrophobic — Mostly in a Good Way 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z Leto is arguably the best and worst thing in this film because his crass, exaggerated turn — which seems completely out of place here — is darkly comic. The worst film performances of 2021 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z It should be possible to feel a pang for the loss of Hollywood as a darkly fascinating menagerie and remember that we still have films. Over the hills: Quentin Tarantino and the end of Hollywood as we know it 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z It’s an engrossing and darkly funny one-woman show, but doesn’t quite make the best of its provocative premise. ‘Boy Parts’ Review: Onstage, a Dangerous Woman Isn’t Enough 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z Today, Ms. Chin, 53, is sought after by leading orchestras and soloists for her colorful, audacious and often darkly humorous music. Unsuk Chin Talks About Her Music and Influences 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z Shabazz Palaces, based in Seattle, is far sparser and stranger, and darkly innovative. Playlist: Industrial Hip-Hop And Bouncy Sociopathy 2011-07-02T04:00:25Z The result is a savage and darkly comic examination of the absurdity and double standards of war. Francis Ford Coppola: 'Apocalypse Now is not an anti-war film' 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z McInerny, who now wryly describes herself as a “notable widow,” channeled her sorrow into this compassionate, darkly hilarious podcast, where people share the unvarnished truth about their darkest moments. 7 Podcasts to Soothe Your Back-to-Normal Anxiety 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z Mike Hale of The Times called it “an artsy, darkly humorous psychological horror story” that “settles into a satisfyingly eerie groove.” What’s on TV Monday: The First Presidential Debate 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z It is a darkly fascinating and obsessive work that lodges in the mind. Masahisa Fukase's Ravens: the best photobook of the past 25 years? 2010-05-24T12:14:00Z On her darkly interior new album, “Are We There?” Sharon Van Etten's expansive vocal talent sings from the darkness 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z In places this darkly brooding score juxtaposes strands of 12-tone writing with crushingly poignant tonality, which raised hackles among modernist composers at the time. Not Just ‘West Side Story’: Celebrating Bernstein’s Symphonies 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z When UnREAL, a scathing satire of the behind the scenes world of dating reality TV, first came out, it was heralded as a darkly comic masterpiece. The end of UnREAL: why it's time to say goodbye to TV's darkest comedy 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z Councillors spoke darkly of focusing on the future not the past. Don't patronise urban communities – give them the William Morris Gallery 2013-06-06T08:00:01Z The film is troubling, riveting, claustrophobic and darkly hilarious. Raw director Julia Ducournau on how to make a horror film as creepy as possible 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z Both pieces achieved a darkly trancelike quality and, in their embrace of slowness and repetition, weren’t always warmly received. Gillian Walsh, Taking Dance to a Still Place 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z There are even moments when the show veers in darkly suggestive directions. "Is It Cake?" feeds viewers visual catharsis for uncertain times 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z But Rebecca Taichman's darkly entrancing production, which began at Yale Repertory Theatre, lends the material theatrical urgency and sizzle. 'Indecent' is a moving reminder of art's power to expose truths 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z The most darkly vibrant part of this tale is Nicholas Viker, the cannibal poltergeist who horrifically harmonizes with Gabe’s psychological pain. Scary Novels From Nick Lake, Kenneth Oppel and Roseanne A. Brown 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z The mishmash that results is by turns creepy, silly, inventive, darkly funny and, at one point, mind-blowingly bloody. 'Housebound' a satisfying horror-comedy spookfest 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z It features styles that encompass lush orchestral layouts, darkly hypnotic dance grooves and the clarity of life and all its foibles. Review: Dido goes eclectic, electric on new album 2013-03-25T17:10:20Z But the fact is, if you like brooding, witchily beguiling rock with a keen sense of the darkly dramatic, you'll love this. New band of the day ? No 1,062: Kyla La Grange 2011-07-14T16:19:48Z Its opener, “Tech-no-logical World,” darkly refers to “Dr. Terminus” — “That was him just totally losing faith in the medical system,” Ms. McGinley, his longtime friend, said. Waking the Spirit of a Disco Innovator 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z It’s a darkly danceable set evoking the Psychedelic Furs and the melancholic post-punk of early Cure, riding jangly riffs and irresistible elastic rhythms. 6 new albums from Seattle artists you need to hear 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z Comedy, whimsy and a little danger ensue, with Sparky being one of Burton’s most darkly adorable characters. The Nuts and Bolts of Frankenstein’s Movie Monsters 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z “Lieder” is a heavy listen, but few artists are so temperamentally suited to this repertoire — and fewer still possess such a plush, darkly inviting voice. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Made of darkly stained ash, the glossy tabletop is like a hovering pool of black ink. Wendell Castle’s Playful Intersection of Furniture and Sculpture 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z “You ruined everything,” our roommate George once said to Mac, darkly. Modern Love: Modern Love: A Family Fairy Tale, Twice Told 2012-03-22T22:09:06Z Life as a Runway: Dinner and Decadence Oud Immortel scented the air, lending a bitingly decadent touch to a darkly theatrical evening. On the Runway Blog: Life as a Runway: Dinner and Decadence 2012-11-30T20:22:39Z Ford warned darkly of “ugly passions” that might be unleashed if a former president were made a criminal defendant, while supporters suggested that the nation would be traumatized by a trial. Letters to the Editor 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z That it shatters those expectations is just part of its darkly delightful appeal. These Would Be Our Oscar Nominations 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z Despite his position as the apogee of this story, he remains a surprisingly passive character, whom we see through a glass darkly. Mary Rakow’s ‘This is Why I Came’ asks us to reimagine biblical tales 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z His desperation is cringe-inducing, and his ability to screw things up badly is darkly funny. “Uncut Gems” is a merciless, nail-biting crime thriller that lets Adam Sandler shine 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Dries Van Noten had sent two dresses, one darkly fetching, the other exuberantly patterned. Hollywood?s Power Stylists 2012-01-13T22:05:14Z The group’s music arrives, most of the time, as a structured barrage: dissonant riffs, shifting rhythms, darkly cryptic lyrics and textures that can whipsaw between clockwork intricacy and pulverizing noise. black midi’s Music Embraces the Extremes 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z While some grudges can be leveraged into explosive comedy, this one risks turning Mr. O’Brien into a darkly obsessed figure out of “The Larry Sanders Show.” Critic’s Notebook: Gee, Conan, That Joke Seems Familiar 2012-11-09T23:47:19Z Still, many darkly realistic and musically rich scenes will stay with me. Review: In ‘Dog Days,’ a Family Clawing for Survival 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z The poems, ranging from darkly challenging to direct and moving, require readers to levitate above their own assumptions and embrace a world that is, in many ways, “a paradise of vagaries.” Review | The best poetry collections to read this month 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z After many picaresque, darkly humorous, gleefully described humiliations and tragedies, Candide comes to believe that people must not just accept reality but work to improve it: “We must cultivate our garden.” Kelsey Grammer and Christine Ebersole take the L.A. Opera stage for 'Candide' 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z As she wrote, darkly, “Extrapolate the trend line, double the available technologies, and imagine the choices and pressures our great-grandchildren may face.” Alicia Keys and the ‘Tyranny of Makeup’ 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z Eugene Yelchin’s illustrated memoir, “The Genius Under the Table: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain,” is a darkly humorous escape into the world of a boy, Yevgeny, with similar coping mechanisms for much bigger problems. A Charming, Poignant Middle-Grade Memoir of Soviet Russia 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z The book, intended for ages 8 to 12, brims with darkly comic violence. ?Wildwood,? a Book by the Decemberists? Colin Meloy 2011-10-11T17:28:57Z Stephen Sondheim’s darkly boisterous musical “Sweeney Todd” made its Broadway debut in a Nederlander house. James Nederlander, Theater Owner Known as Broadway’s Last Patriarch, Dies at 94 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z Those raw lyrics from “Institutionalized” — my favorite song from the early ’80s hardcore band Suicidal Tendencies — kept moshing in my head as I watched this darkly funny and ingeniously affecting comedy-thriller. Five Horror Movies to Stream Now 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z That and, of course, its tone, coldly detached and darkly comic, as exemplified by Kristen Stewart’s deliciously arch turn as a fan of Tenser’s body artistry. The Best Genre Movies of 2022 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z There really isn’t much left for this darkly witty writer to obliterate. In ‘The One-Eyed Man,’ Ron Currie has created a character for our times 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z The darkly muted colors, evoking gathering storms and winter chill, add a brooding note. Movie Review: ‘In Secret,’ Directed by Charlie Stratton 2014-02-20T22:51:13Z Whether “Sweeney Todd” expressed something darkly personal about his colleague, Tunick couldn’t say. Who Needs a Shave? ‘Sweeney Todd’ Is Back. 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z The piece is darkly attractive, artful and moving, and the ensemble, a piano quartet, played with the warmth and soulfulness it demanded. Music Review: Joel Sachs Takes New Juilliard Ensemble to MoMA 2010-07-26T23:43:00Z Its darkly humorous bent competes with its righteous sincerity. Review | Caught between a comic-book tone and Holocaust horrors, ‘Hunters’ struggles to hit the target 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z That — the heartfelt and genuine nature of the appeal coming from a generally darkly witty comic — is what makes it so riveting night after night. Jimmy Kimmel Is an Unlikely Health Care Advocate. Here's Why He's So Effective 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z A photographer, Mary is darkly pretty and laid-back, but like her mother, Linda, she has no wish to master public life. What Drives Stella McCartney 2012-02-22T11:58:00Z “Ken Price: Drawings,” an exhibition opening Thursday, May 5, at the Matthew Marks Gallery, reveals an often-unseen aspect of Mr. Price’s career: his opulent, sometimes darkly comic work in two dimensions. The Artist Ken Price, in Two Dimensions Instead of Three 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z There’s a darkly comic moment in Olivier Assayas’s film “Carlos,” about Carlos the Jackal, involving three Japanese left-wing extremists. | 'United Red Army': Circular Firing Squad, Run by Young Radicals 2011-05-26T21:35:10Z Schimberg’s film is odd, darkly funny and — when it means to be — a little frightening. ‘Chained for Life’ Review: Truths Seen and Unseen 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z Herzog interviewed him, his accomplice, and all the family members involved for a film that is moving, shocking and darkly humorous. Werner Herzog Does Not Conduct Interviews. He Has Converstions 2011-11-10T17:41:32Z With his darkly atmospheric strings and richly characterized winds, Bychkov built each movement with supple lines and a sweeping sense of musical development. Review | Czech Philharmonic showcases musical birthright 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z But he was also absorbed by the cinema, particularly the darkly comic animations of the Czech filmmaker Jan Svankmajer, and even more by the pyrotechnical postmodern literature of Donald Barthelme and Robert Coover. Ed Atkins and His Mum Are Starring in a Museum Show 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z The cycle revealed the beauty and darkly sensual timbre of her voice, with its earthy lower range, burnished smoky middle and ringing top notes. Music Review: Alice Coote Offers Plenty of Flair at Zankel Hall 2010-04-06T22:38:00Z Rhinoceros With darkly hilarious urgency, this superbly-staged and disconcertingly timely revival illuminates playwright Eugene Ionesco’s absurdist warning about the seductively corrosive lure of herd mentality, and the fragility of civilized norms we take for granted. The week ahead in L.A. theater, July 23-30: 'As You Like It,' REDCAT's NOW Festival and more 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z "Tricky Cad" pulls apart tidy police narratives, transforming them into darkly disordered nonsense poems. At satire's forefront, cartoons press against hard lines 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z The producers fired Ms. Taymor in March, concluding that she would not bow to their desire to change the darkly framed plot into a family friendly entertainment. ?Spider-Man,? a Year After First Preview, Is on Solid Ground 2011-11-27T23:22:49Z The consequences are explored with insight and a thriller’s twists and turns in Gundar-Goshen’s darkly ambitious novel. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z A lot has changed since 2005 when the darkly comic series debuted, but while the narcissistic, amoral characters have remained mostly the same, the performers behind them have evolved alongside the culture. ‘It’s Always Sunny’ at 13: The Cast Has Evolved, but the Gang? Not So Much 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z It's darkly funny, with a message that is far more complex than The Dark Knight, Spider-Man, etc. This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2011-07-29T23:09:46Z A room there is devoted to his favorite artist, On Kawara, who spent his career making austere darkly colored paintings that bear the date of their creation in white text. RM, Boy Band Superstar, Embraces New Role: Art Patron 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z It’s a raw, painful and, at times, darkly funny memoir about Henry’s life and death, and the anguish of losing a child. Rob Delaney Wants You to Know How He’s Feeling (It May Ruin Your Day) 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z Mussorgsky had never written an opera when he created this often brusque, raw, darkly sober, oddly spare score about a troubled czar and his troubled country. Review: After a Met Opera Milestone, ‘Boris’ Brings Another 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z It's a testosterone-laden darkly humorous piece that offers three great parts - a mentally challenged young man, a bubbling eruption of male anger and a cool-as-ice older dude - but generates little light. Review: Broadway's 'Orphans' creates little light 2013-04-18T23:34:09Z And really, I swear, this tale of a sour, violent marriage is funny — darkly, darkly funny. Theater Review: In ‘Rantoul and Die,’ a Woman Seeks a New Personal Life 2013-06-25T22:00:00Z Surely there is no more magical celebration of mountains than Giambologna's statue that personifies the Appenines as a colossal bearded man, a giant whose face is darkly enigmatic. The magic of mountains in art 2011-02-08T10:54:44Z Lewis Carroll, who was an Oxford University mathematics lecturer, might have delighted in calculating the speeds that cascade through Synetic Theater’s darkly hallucinatory “Alice in Wonderland.” Synetic’s sweeping, sinister ‘Alice’ 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z The fact that Nabokov was writing about Shakespeare here should feel at least a little darkly endearing. Perspective | Burrowing deep into many rabbit holes of Mark E. Smith and the Fall 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z "Savages" is darkly funny and stylishly violent but never reaches the overwhelming level of audiovisual assault of, say, "Natural Born Killers," for example. Review: Stone back in bold form with `Savages' 2012-07-03T01:46:04Z Parts of the lithe Fifth are misjudged, but the Seventh is typical Jaap: unyielding, with a darkly thrilling finale. Jaap van Zweden: Before You See Him, Listen 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z But luckily there's an antidote: the darkly sardonic geek girl. Darkly sardonic geek girls: A slide show 2011-03-24T22:15:00Z Together with the smart young drummer Ted Poor they have tended to an aquatic, darkly inviting, calmly exploratory style. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2011-02-28T23:15:55Z Any resemblance to a certain pandemic is entirely not coincidental, and in just 32 minutes Scott R. Sheppard’s darkly funny new play, “Blood Meal,” captures our zeitgeist with satirical accuracy. ‘Blood Meal’ Review: Just Us, Locked Down in a Dollhouse 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z In McGuire’s darkly brilliant novel, the crew of a doomed whaling ship bound for the Arctic Circle must reckon with fierce weather, pure evil, and the shadows of Melville and Conrad. 100 Notable Books of 2016 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z The seminal work, with a libretto by Berg adapted from two plays by Frank Wedekind, proved an ideal fit for Mr. Kentridge’s darkly fantastical artistic sensibility. Review: A Masterful ‘Lulu’ at the Met 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z I was in my late teens, darkly in love with someone who wasn’t in love with me. Shirley Manson: The First Time I Cut Myself 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z It's a darkly comic tale of four people trying to survive in a world divided into Specials and Non-Specs. This week's new theatre 2010-09-24T23:06:00Z I was, in fact, continually disoriented, with a dizziness that made me feel I was looking at things through a glass, darkly. On Death and Dignity 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z In this darkly comic novel — about a “mass-psychogenic, contagious version” of anorexia among privileged teenage girls at a British boarding school — the father of the main character is a rich Russian criminal. New in Paperback: ‘The Dutch House’ and ‘The Nation City’ 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z Only when Hunter escapes the safety of local color and embraces the raw and risky does "Ugly Girls" shine darkly, as ugly as she wants to be. Lindsay Hunter's 'Ugly Girls' plays it safe in the dark 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z Ms. Whelan’s Sleepwalker was, once more, a startling apparition: driven, urgent, darkly ambiguous. Wendy Whelan Leaves City Ballet After 30 Years 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z Young is an honest, clever, darkly humorous one. Claiming the Title of United States Marine 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z But behind the facade lies a brutally perceptive study of not just a relationship but any relationship; horribly familiar, fantastically petty and darkly amusing. Cannibalism, bad dates and ice skating: the best movie moments of 2017 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z “I am not sure what ‘The Crucible’ is telling people now, but I know that its paranoid center is still pumping out the same darkly attractive warning that it did in the fifties.” Sunday Reading: Literary Inspiration 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z Moody, odd and darkly funny, it boasts one of the greatest closing lines in all of cinema. Stream These 13 Movies Before They Leave Netflix This Month 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z A room filled with portraits of children dressed as royalty or clergy, which also includes a darkly comical child-size suit of armor, is funny and nostalgic, but its significance stops there. Wes Anderson, Curator? The Filmmaker Gives It a Try 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z To disclose more would ruin the twisted and at times darkly funny “Amnesiac.” Kate Bosworth on the delights of playing the villain: “We wanted to turn it so the Hitchcock blonde would be the psycho rather than the victim” 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z Mr. Winters just sold two more books to Mulholland, including “The Prisoner,” a darkly magical legal thriller that deals with mental illness. In His New Novel, Ben Winters Dares to Mix Slavery and Sci-Fi 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z It’s a light, somewhat thin work with a darkly comic ending. Review: Mark Morris Conducts at Tanglewood, and Offers a Debut 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z The amiable Brian takes refuge in mordant humor: “Bad luck. Good luck. It’s all chance,” he says, then adding darkly, “Rotten sort of lottery, life.” Review: ‘The Herd,’ Rory Kinnear’s Drama About Family Friction 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z After animals turn out to be the best confidantes — including the neighbor’s dog — Herschel decides to go vegan, setting up a darkly funny morality play. 24 Works of Fiction to Read This Summer 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z So does Mr. Guirgis, whose vastly compassionate, darkly comic play cross-examines the Gospels, posing complex moral and spiritual questions about divine justice and human failures of virtue. Review: For ‘Judas Iscariot,’ a Courtroom Drama of Epic Proportions 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z Or perhaps he was waiting, darkly, anticipating the execution of a plot he hatched, maybe in league with … ArtsBeat: ‘Game of Thrones’ Recap: What a Wonderful Wedding 2014-04-14T02:00:12Z Ms. Schumer has been darkly joking about sex since long before she had any. Amy Schumer’s Comedy Central Show, From the Inside 2013-04-18T12:00:01Z The cheeky, satirical, darkly funny series gets at you both in its story and in its proudly flaunted agenda—feminism, undiluted by shame, politeness, or conventional wisdom. Meet “Bitch Planet,” your new “bold, beautiful, and baaaad” subversive feminist comic obsession 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z All three books are affecting and all, at times, darkly amusing about the various forms of trauma their authors have endured. Best memoirs to read this month 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z Ms. Styron is darkly funny about reading, as a teenager, the intense sex scenes in her father’s work, scenes that made her try “not to throw up on my Bass Weejuns.” Books of The Times: William Styron, in a Daughter?s Words 2011-04-19T18:14:34Z “They are stories to emerge from a fully imagined world — often a very darkly imagined world.” You’ve Got the Wrong Idea About Martin McDonagh 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z The Good Fight is a darkly comedic legal drama that is so prescient, so close to the headlines, it feels as if viewers are watching it live. Mamma Mia's Christine Baranski on schmoozing with Cher and meeting Trump 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z Spoiler alert: It works, and it is darkly, morbidly hilarious. The Best Movies For Getting Over Your Ex 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z “Nothing will come of nothing,” Shakespeare’s Lear darkly warns Cordelia in the opening scene. 2010-01-15T04:13:00Z Here, juggling becomes flights of inspired poetry, musical choreography with strong dance elements, crazy-comedy surrealism, breathtakingly dexterous virtuosity, darkly absurdist drama. Review: The Inspired Poetry of Gandini Juggling 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z Tarantino's $70 million film, a violent and darkly comic revenge fantasy, got eight nominations from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, including best director for Tarantino and best supporting actor for Christoph Waltz. 2010-02-03T15:04:00Z In November 2015, they posted the song, by then a disassembled, darkly evocative ballad, to SoundCloud and watched as it started to find an audience. Meet Billie Eilish’s closest and most trusted collaborator: Her brother, Finneas 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z Friends and acquaintances find my portfolio of views either mischievous or mad, and mutter darkly about my probable need of treatment. So, you think reason guides your politics? Think again 2012-05-17T19:15:01Z Many buildings across the city are stained darkly from heavy industry that brought with it heavy pollution. A former communist neighborhood showpiece offers a history lesson in Krakow, Poland 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z Some pieces are experimental and darkly stylized while others are naturalistic and melancholy, nodding to Albrecht Dürer. The Artist Beneath the Art Forger 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z But it captures the mood of moral indignation, anger and grief leavened by darkly visionary hilarity that has driven this Angeleno artist over the course of his idiosyncratic six-decade career. Art Review: Llyn Foulkes Retrospective Opens at the New Museum 2013-06-20T23:05:46Z The darkly funny series follows Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire after their parents die in a fire. Netflix to Adapt Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z |
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